IP Library Granted Patent US 7,109,637
Granted Patent B2
US 7,109,637 · App. 10/814,120 · Granted Sep 19, 2006

Thin-film bulk acoustic oscillator and method of manufacturing same

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Patent No.
US 7,109,637
App. No.
10/814,120
Granted
Sep 19, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin-film bulk acoustic oscillator comprises: a base; a barrier layer disposed on the base; a lower electrode disposed on the barrier layer; a piezoelectric thin film disposed on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode disposed on the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film includes a columnar crystal that extends in the direction intersecting the film surface. The top surface of the piezoelectric thin film is flattened by polishing so as to have a root mean square roughness of 2 nm or smaller.

Claims (7)

1. A thin-film bulk acoustic oscillator comprising:

a piezoelectric thin film that exhibits a piezoelectric property;

a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed on both surfaces of the piezoelectric thin film and apply an excitation voltage to the piezoelectric thin film; and

a base; wherein:

the first electrode, the piezoelectric thin film and the second electrode are stacked in this order on the base; and

the piezoelectric thin film has a surface on which the second electrode is disposed, the surface being polished and having a root mean square roughness of 2 nanometers or smaller.

2. The thin-film bulk acoustic oscillator according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric thin film is made of zinc oxide or aluminum nitride.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 041650/0932 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2004
From: KOMURO, EIJU; SAITOU, HISATOSHI; YAMASHITA, YOSHINARI
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015174/0898 →