An RF circuit device using modified lattice, lattice, and ladder circuit topologies. The devices can include four resonator devices and four shunt resonator devices. In the ladder topology, the resonator devices are connected in series from an input port to an output port while shunt resonator devices are coupled the nodes between the resonator devices. In the lattice topology, a top and a bottom serial configurations each includes a pair of resonator devices that are coupled to differential input and output ports. A pair of shunt resonators is cross-coupled between each pair of a top serial configuration resonator and a bottom serial configuration resonator. The modified lattice topology adds baluns or inductor devices between top and bottom nodes of the top and bottom serial configurations of the lattice configuration. These topologies may be applied using single crystal or polycrystalline bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators.

An RF filter system including a plurality of BAW resonators arranged in a circuit, the circuit including a serial configuration of resonators and a parallel shunt configuration of resonators, the circuit having a circuit response corresponding to the serial configuration and the parallel configuration of the plurality of bulk acoustic wave resonators including a transmission loss from a pass band having a bandwidth from 5.170 GHz to 5.835 GHz. Resonators include a support member with a multilayer reflector structure; a first electrode including tungsten; a piezoelectric film including aluminum scandium nitride; a second electrode including tungsten; and a passivation layer including silicon nitride. At least one resonator includes at least a portion of the first electrode located within a cavity region defined by a surface of the support member.

A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) structure includes a single crystal piezoelectric material layer, a first electrode, a second electrode and an acoustic reflector. The first and second electrodes are respectively located on a first surface and a second surface of the single crystal piezoelectric material layer. The area of the second electrode is greater than or equal to that of the second surface of the single crystal piezoelectric material layer, and the contact area of the single crystal piezoelectric material layer with the second electrode is equal to the area of the second surface of the single crystal piezoelectric material layer. The acoustic reflector is disposed on a surface of the first electrode.

An RF circuit device using modified lattice, lattice, and ladder circuit topologies. The devices can include four resonator devices and four shunt resonator devices. In the ladder topology, the resonator devices are connected in series from an input port to an output port while shunt resonator devices are coupled the nodes between the resonator devices. In the lattice topology, a top and a bottom serial configurations each includes a pair of resonator devices that are coupled to differential input and output ports. A pair of shunt resonators is cross-coupled between each pair of a top serial configuration resonator and a bottom serial configuration resonator. The modified lattice topology adds baluns or inductor devices between top and bottom nodes of the top and bottom serial configurations of the lattice configuration. These topologies may be applied using single crystal or polycrystalline bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators.

An RF triplexer circuit device using modified lattice, lattice, and ladder circuit topologies. The devices can include four resonator devices and four shunt resonator devices. In the ladder topology, the resonator devices are connected in series from an input port to an output port while shunt resonator devices are coupled the nodes between the resonator devices. In the lattice topology, a top and a bottom serial configurations each includes a pair of resonator devices that are coupled to differential input and output ports. A pair of shunt resonators is cross-coupled between each pair of a top serial configuration resonator and a bottom serial configuration resonator. The modified lattice topology adds baluns or inductor devices between top and bottom nodes of the top and bottom serial configurations of the lattice configuration. These topologies may be applied using single crystal or polycrystalline bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators.

An elastic wave device includes an elastic wave element that includes first support layers provided on a piezoelectric substrate, a second support layer provided on the piezoelectric substrate so as to surround the first support layers when viewed in a plan view, and a cover member provided on the first support layers and the second support layer, a mounting substrate on which the elastic wave element is mounted, and a mold resin provided on the mounting substrate and sealing the elastic wave element. A thickness of each of the first support layers is less than a thickness of the second support layer. The cover member convexly curves towards the piezoelectric substrate so as to be spaced away from the mounting substrate. A space between the mounting substrate and the cover member is filled with the mold resin.

A method for packaging chips includes: flip-chip bonding a plurality of filter chips to be packaged on a substrate to be packaged; applying a first mold material layer on the filter chips to be packaged; applying a second mold material layer on a side of the first mold material layer away from the filter chip to be packaged, the first mold material layer and the second mold material layer forming a first mold layer; thinning the first mold material layer and the second mold material layer to expose substrates of the filter chips to be packaged, and thinning the substrates of the filter chips to be packaged to a preset thickness; applying a second mold layer on the exposed substrates of the filter chips to be packaged to obtain a mold structure; and cutting the mold structure into a plurality of particle chips.

An acoustic wave device includes: a first substrate that includes a first acoustic wave filter located on an upper surface of the first substrate; a second substrate that is flip-chip mounted on the upper surface of the first substrate through a bump, and includes a second acoustic wave filter on a lower surface of the second substrate, the lower surface of the second substrate facing the upper surface of the first substrate across an air gap; and a shield electrode that is supported by the upper surface of the first substrate, and is located between at least a part of the first acoustic wave filter and at least a part of the second acoustic wave filter through the air gap.

A method and structure for a transfer process for an acoustic resonator device. In an example, a bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR) with an air reflection cavity is formed. A piezoelectric thin film is grown on a crystalline substrate. Patterned electrodes are deposited on the surface of the piezoelectric film. An etched sacrificial layer is deposited over the electrodes and a planarized support layer is deposited over the sacrificial layer. The device can include a dielectric protection layer (DPL) that protects the piezoelectric layer from etching processes that can produce rough surfaces and reduces parasitic capacitance around the perimeter of the resonator when the DPL's dielectric constant is lower than that of the piezoelectric layer. The DPL can be configured between the top electrode and the piezoelectric layer, between the bottom electrode and the piezoelectric layer, or both.

A film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) structure includes a bottom cap wafer, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the bottom cap wafer, a bottom electrode disposed below the piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode disposed above the piezoelectric layer. Portions of the bottom electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the top electrode that overlap with each other constitute a piezoelectric stack. The FBAR structure further includes a lower cavity disposed below the piezoelectric stack. A projection of the piezoelectric stack is located within the lower cavity.