An RF integrated circuit device can includes a substrate and a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) device on the substrate including a ScAlN layer configured to provide a buffer layer of the HEMT device to confine formation of a 2DEG channel region of the HEMT device. An RF piezoelectric resonator device can be on the substrate including the ScAlN layer sandwiched between a top electrode and a bottom electrode of the RF piezoelectric resonator device to provide a piezoelectric resonator for the RF piezoelectric resonator device.

An acoustic wave device includes an acoustic wave substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface, IDT electrodes provided on the first main surface, and sealing resin covering at least the second main surface of the acoustic wave substrate. A hollow is provided in a region where the IDT electrodes on the first main surface of the acoustic wave substrate is located. The sealing resin has through-holes each extending from a top surface 13B of the sealing resin to the second main surface of the acoustic wave substrate. The acoustic wave substrate is made of silicon or includes a layer made of silicon.

A bulk acoustic wave filter, a manufacturing method thereof, and a communication device are disclosed. The bulk acoustic wave filter includes a first filter substrate and a second filter substrate; the first filter substrate includes a first base substrate and a first resonator, a first electrode pad and a first auxiliary pad arranged on the first base substrate; the second filter substrate includes a second base substrate and a second resonator, a second electrode pad and a second auxiliary pad arranged on the second base substrate, the first filter substrate is arranged opposite to the second filter substrate, the first electrode pad and the second auxiliary pad are in contact with each other, and the second electrode pad and the first auxiliary pad are in contact with each other.

A method of manufacture for an acoustic resonator or filter device. In an example, the present method can include forming metal electrodes with different geometric areas and profile shapes coupled to a piezoelectric layer overlying a substrate. These metal electrodes can also be formed within cavities of the piezoelectric layer or the substrate with varying geometric areas. Combined with specific dimensional ratios and ion implantations, such techniques can increase device performance metrics. In an example, the present method can include forming various types of perimeter structures surrounding the metal electrodes, which can be on top or bottom of the piezoelectric layer. These perimeter structures can use various combinations of modifications to shape, material, and continuity. These perimeter structures can also be combined with sandbar structures, piezoelectric layer cavities, the geometric variations previously discussed to improve device performance metrics.

An acoustic resonator package includes: a substrate; an acoustic resonator disposed on the substrate; a cap disposed on the substrate and the acoustic resonator; and a bonding portion bonding the substrate and the cap to each other. The cap includes a central portion accommodating the acoustic resonator, and an outer portion disposed outside of the central portion and having a bonding surface. The outer portion includes protrusions in contact with the bonding portion, and at least one trench disposed between the protrusions. The acoustic resonator package further includes a first protective layer and a second protective layer, the first protective layer and the second protective layer being disposed on a region of the bonding surface formed on each of the protrusions.

A manufacturing method of a mounting structure includes: a step of preparing a mounting member including a first circuit member and a plurality of second circuit members placed on the first circuit member; a disposing step of disposing a thermosetting sheet and a thermoplastic sheet on the mounting member, with the thermosetting sheet interposed between the thermoplastic sheet and the first circuit member; a first sealing step of pressing a stack of the thermosetting sheet and the thermoplastic sheet against the first circuit member, and heating the stack, to seal the second circuit members and to cure the thermosetting sheet into a cured layer; and a removal step of removing the thermoplastic sheet from the cured layer. At least one of the second circuit members is a hollow member having a space from the first circuit member, and in the first sealing step, the second circuit members are sealed so as to maintain the space.

Disclosed is a piezoelectric oscillating device, which comprises a multi-section guiding component and an oscillation generating component, the multi-section guiding component including a plurality of guiding units, each guiding unit having a hollow space, the plurality of guiding units being connected together along a longitudinal direction in such a manner that the hollow spaces are connected in series to form the multi-section guiding component, and a guiding channel is formed inside the multi-section guiding component by connecting the plurality of hollow spaces in series, the oscillation generating component including a housing unit and a piezoelectric component, the housing unit being connected to an end of the multi-section guiding component in the longitudinal direction, the piezoelectric component being disposed in a disposing space in the housing unit and oscillating via a control of a piezoelectric signal.

Disclosed is a piezoelectric oscillating device, which comprises a multi-section guiding component and an oscillation generating component, the multi-section guiding component including a plurality of guiding units, each guiding unit having a hollow space, the plurality of guiding units being connected together along a longitudinal direction in such a manner that the hollow spaces are connected in series to form the multi-section guiding component, and a guiding channel is formed inside the multi-section guiding component by connecting the plurality of hollow spaces in series, the oscillation generating component including a housing unit and a piezoelectric component, the housing unit being connected to an end of the multi-section guiding component in the longitudinal direction, the piezoelectric component being disposed in a disposing space in the housing unit and oscillating via a control of a piezoelectric signal.

A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode on the substrate, a cover over the substrate and IDT electrode, and hollow spaces between the IDT electrode and the cover. The hollow spaces are defined by partition supports between the substrate and the cover. The partition supports include a first and second partition supports extending in a first direction without contacting each other. The first and second partition supports each include first and second ends along the first direction. The first and second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first end of the first partition support is closer to an outer periphery of the substrate than is the second end, and the first end of the second partition support is farther away from the outer periphery than is the second end.

A resonator device includes a quartz crystal substrate, a resonator element including a first excitation electrode arranged on a first surface of the quartz crystal substrate, a second excitation electrode arranged on a second surface of the quartz crystal substrate in opposition to the first excitation electrode, and first and second pad electrodes that are arranged on the first surface and are coupled to the first and second excitation electrodes, a base including a substrate and first and second interconnects arranged on the substrate, a first bonding member bonding the first pad electrode to the first interconnect, and a second bonding member bonding the second pad electrode to the second interconnect. The first and second bonding members are arranged such that a first imaginary line that passes through a centroid of the resonator element and is parallel to an X axis is interposed between the first and second bonding members. An angle θ1 formed between the first imaginary line and a second imaginary line passing through the first bonding member and the second bonding member is 100°<θ1<140°.