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 filter device with two-stage acoustic wave filters is provided. Each of the two stages includes a respective acoustic wave filter element. A first acoustic wave filter element (100a) includes a first input electrode (150a), a first output electrode (174a), and a first counter electrode (120a). The first input electrode and the first output electrode are located on a top surface of piezoelectric layer (650), and the first counter electrode is located on a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. A second acoustic wave filter element (100b) includes a second input electrode (154b), a second output electrode (174b), and a second counter electrode (120b). The second input electrode and the second output electrode are located on the top surface of the piezoelectric layer, and the second counter electrode is located on a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. The two acoustic wave filter elements are connected in series through a common floating electrode (602).

A vibrator device includes a vibration element including a vibration portion and a fixed portion, a supporting member to which the fixed portion is attached to support the vibration element, and a first substrate to which the supporting member is attached, the supporting member includes a attaching portion attached to the first substrate, and A1≥A2 is satisfied in a case where an area of a rectangular region including the fixed portion is A1 and an area of a rectangular region including the attaching portion is A2 in a plan view seen from a thickness direction of the vibration element.

A vibrator device includes a vibration element including a vibration portion and a fixed portion, a supporting member to which the fixed portion is attached to support the vibration element, and a first substrate to which the supporting member is attached, the supporting member includes a attaching portion attached to the first substrate, and A1≥A2 is satisfied in a case where an area of a rectangular region including the fixed portion is A1 and an area of a rectangular region including the attaching portion is A2 in a plan view seen from a thickness direction of the vibration element.

A resonator element includes: a substrate; and an electrode that includes a first conductive layer provided on a surface of the substrate, and a second conductive layer, provided on the opposite side to the first conductive layer on the substrate side, which is disposed within an outer edge of the first conductive layer when seen in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to the surface.

A Fin Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FinBAR) includes a fin integrally fabricated on a substrate of a glass or a semiconductor, an inner electrode deposited on the fin, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the inner electrode, an outer electrode deposited on the piezoelectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the top surface of the substrate and connected to the inner and outer electrodes respectfully. The fin is characterized with a larger height than its width. A FinBAR array including a number of the FinBARs with different fin widths sequentially located on one chip is capable of continuously filtering frequencies in UHF and SHF bands.

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.

A system for a wireless communication infrastructure using single crystal devices. The wireless system can include a controller coupled to a power source, a signal processing module, and a plurality of transceiver modules. Each of the transceiver modules includes a transmit module configured on a transmit path and a receive module configured on a receive path. The transmit modules each include at least a transmit filter having one or more filter devices, while the receive modules each include at least a receive filter. Each of these filter devices includes a single crystal acoustic resonator device formed with a thin film transfer process with at least a first electrode material, a single crystal material, and a second electrode material. Wireless infrastructures using the present single crystal technology perform better in high power density applications, enable higher out of band rejection (OOBR), and achieve higher linearity as well.

An acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate; electrodes sandwiching the piezoelectric substrate and exciting a thickness shear vibration in the piezoelectric substrate; and an edge region that is a region surrounding a center region of a resonance region, wherein a first region of the edge region is located on both sides of the center region in a first direction substantially parallel to a displacement direction of a thickness shear vibration, a second region of the edge region is located on both sides of the center region in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a width of the second region is different from a width of the first region, and acoustic velocities of acoustic waves in the piezoelectric substrate in the first and second regions are less than that in the piezoelectric substrate in the center region.

A vibrating element includes a piezoelectric substrate having an excitation section adapted to excite a thickness-shear vibration, and provided with a step section in each of side surfaces on both ends, and a peripheral section having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the excitation section, and the peripheral section has at least one projection section disposed on both principal surfaces in an area where a vibratory displacement when the excitation section excites a vibration is sufficiently attenuated.