H03H2003/021

ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE
20180358952 · 2018-12-13 · ·

An acoustic wave device includes: a substrate; a first piezoelectric thin film resonator including a first resonance region in which a first lower electrode and a first upper electrode sandwich a first piezoelectric film; a second piezoelectric thin film resonator including a second resonance region in which a second lower electrode and a second upper electrode sandwich a second piezoelectric film; and a wiring layer that is located from an upper surface of the first lower electrode in a first extraction region, in which the first lower electrode is extracted from the first resonance region, to an upper surface of the second upper electrode located in a second extraction region, in which the second upper electrode is extracted from the second resonance region, and has a film thickness on the first lower electrode greater than a film thickness of the second piezoelectric film.

SPURIOUS-MODE-FREE, LATERALLY-VIBRATING MICROELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM RESONATORS
20180358948 · 2018-12-13 ·

A micro-resonator includes a first electrode positioned on a piezoelectric plate at a first end of the piezoelectric plate, the first electrode including a first set of fingers and a second electrode positioned on the piezoelectric plate at a second end of the piezoelectric plate. The second electrode including a second set of fingers interdigitated with the first set of fingers with an overlapping distance without touching the first set of fingers, the overlapping distance being less than seven-tenths the length of one of the first set of fingers or the second set of fingers. At least one of the first end or the second end of the piezoelectric plate may define a curved shape.

TECHNIQUES FOR INTEGRATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ISLANDS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) CIRCUITS

Techniques to fabricate an RF filter using 3 dimensional island integration are described. A donor wafer assembly may have a substrate with a first and second side. A first side of a resonator layer, which may include a plurality of resonator circuits, may be coupled to the first side of the substrate. A weak adhesive layer may be coupled to the second side of the resonator layer, followed by a low-temperature oxide layer and a carrier wafer. A cavity in the first side of the resonator layer may expose an electrode of the first resonator circuit. An RF assembly may have an RF wafer having a first and a second side, where the first side may have an oxide mesa coupled to an oxide layer. A first resonator circuit may be then coupled to the oxide mesa of the first side of the RF wafer.

RF resonators and filters

A filter package comprising an array of piezoelectric films sandwiched between lower electrodes and an array of upper electrodes covered by an array of silicon membranes with cavities thereover: the lower electrode being coupled to an interposer with a first cavity between the lower electrodes and the interposer; the array of silicon membranes having a known thickness and attached over the upper electrodes with an array of upper cavities, each upper cavity between a silicon membrane of the array and a common silicon cover; each upper cavity aligned with a piezoelectric film, an upper electrode and silicon membrane, the upper cavities having side walls comprising SiO.sub.2; the individual piezoelectric films, their upper electrodes and silicon membranes thereover being separated from adjacent piezoelectric films, upper electrodes and silicon membranes by a passivation material.

ACOUSTIC RESONATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

An acoustic resonator includes a membrane layer disposed on an insulating layer; a cavity formed by the insulating layer and the membrane layer and having a hydrophobic layer disposed on at least one of a portion of an upper surface of the cavity and a portion of a lower surface of the cavity; and a resonating portion disposed on the cavity and having a second electrode on a piezoelectric layer on a first electrode.

ACOUSTIC RESONATOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME

An acoustic resonator includes a membrane layer disposed on an insulating layer; a cavity formed by the insulating layer and the membrane layer; a resonating portion disposed on the cavity and having a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode stacked thereon; a protective layer disposed on the resonating portion; and a hydrophobic layer formed on the protective layer.

RF resonators and filters

A filter package comprising an array of piezoelectric films sandwiched between an array of upper electrodes and lower electrodes: the individual piezoelectric films and the upper electrodes being separated by a passivation material; the lower electrode being coupled to an interposer with a first cavity between the lower electrodes and the interposer; the filter package further comprising a silicon wafer of known thickness attached over the upper electrodes with an array of upper cavities between the silicon wafer and a silicon cover; each upper cavity aligned with a piezoelectric film in the array of piezoelectric films, the upper cavities having side walls comprising the passivation material.

BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR

A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate, a lower electrode connection member, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, an upper electrode, an upper electrode connection member, and a dielectric layer in which the lower electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the upper electrode are embedded. The lower electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the upper electrode constitute a resonant portion. An extension portion extends away from either the lower electrode or the upper electrode to protrude outwardly from the resonant portion. A capacitor portion is constituted by the extension portion, a portion of the upper electrode connection member disposed above the extension portion, and a portion of the dielectric layer disposed between the extension portion and the portion of the upper electrode connection member disposed above the extension portion.

Bulk-acoustic wave filter device

A bulk-acoustic wave filter device includes: a first substrate; a first filter disposed on the first substrate, within a cavity of the bulk-acoustic wave filter device; a second substrate coupled to the first substrate; a second filter disposed on the second substrate, within the cavity and facing the first filter; a first inductor layer disposed on the first substrate and around the first filter; a second inductor layer disposed on the second substrate and around the second filter, and bonded to the first inductor layer; and a sealing member sealing the cavity, together with the first and second inductor layers.

INTEGRATED RF FRONTEND STRUCTURES

Techniques are disclosed for forming a monolithic integrated circuit semiconductor structure that includes a radio frequency (RF) frontend portion and may further include a CMOS portion. The RF frontend portion includes componentry implemented with column III-N semiconductor materials such as gallium nitride (GaN), indium nitride (InN), aluminum nitride (AlN), and compounds thereof, and the CMOS portion includes CMOS logic componentry implemented with semiconductor materials selected from group IV of the periodic table, such as silicon, germanium, and/or silicon germanium (SiGe). Either of the CMOS or RF frontend portions can be native to the underlying substrate to some degree. The techniques can be used, for example, for system-on-chip integration of III-N transistors and/or RF filters, along with column IV CMOS devices on a single substrate. In a more general sense, the techniques can be used for SoC integration of an RF frontend having diverse III-N componentry on a single substrate, in accordance with some embodiments.