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Granted Patent B2
US 10,491,188 · App. 15/342,171 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Elastic wave device

Inventors: Ryo Otsubo (Nagaokakyo, JP); Kouhei Fujio (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H03H9/02574H01L41/18H03H9/02881H03H9/02897H03H9/131
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Patent No.
US 10,491,188
App. No.
15/342,171
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An elastic wave device includes a high-acoustic-velocity film, a low-acoustic-velocity film, and a piezoelectric film stacked on a substrate in this order, and a bonding layer is disposed at any position from inside of the high-acoustic-velocity film to an interface between the low-acoustic-velocity film and the piezoelectric film. Alternatively, an elastic wave device includes a low-acoustic-velocity film and a piezoelectric film stacked on a high-acoustic-velocity substrate, and a bonding layer is located in the low-acoustic-velocity film or at an interface between the piezoelectric film and the low-acoustic-velocity film.

Claims (39)

1. An elastic wave device comprising:

a piezoelectric film;

a low-acoustic-velocity film which is stacked on the piezoelectric film and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave that propagates through the low-acoustic-velocity film is lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave that propagates through the piezoelectric film;

a high-acoustic-velocity film which is stacked on a surface of the low-acoustic-velocity film on a side opposite to the piezoelectric film and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave that propagates through the high-acoustic-velocity film is higher than an acoustic velocity of an elastic wave that propagates through the piezoelectric film;

a substrate directly or indirectly stacked on a surface of the high-acoustic-velocity film on a side opposite to the low-acoustic-velocity film; and

a bonding layer disposed at any position from an inside of the high-acoustic-velocity film to an interface between the low-acoustic-velocity film and the piezoelectric film.

2. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer is located in the high-acoustic-velocity film, at an interface between the high-acoustic-velocity film and the low-acoustic-velocity film, in the low-acoustic-velocity film, or at the interface between the low-acoustic-velocity film and the piezoelectric film.

3. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer includes a metal oxide layer or a metal nitride layer.

4. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer includes a Ti layer, and the Ti layer has a thickness in a range of about 0.4 nm to about 2.0 nm.

5. The elastic wave device according to claim 4 , wherein the Ti layer has a thickness a range of about 0.4 nm to about 1.2 nm.

6. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric film is made of LiTaO 3 .

7. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , wherein the low-acoustic-velocity film is made of silicon oxide.

8. The elastic wave device according to claim 2 , wherein

the low-acoustic-velocity film is made of silicon oxide; and

the bonding layer is located in the low-acoustic-velocity film;

the low-acoustic-velocity film includes a first low-acoustic-velocity layer located on a side of the bonding layer close to the piezoelectric film and a second low-acoustic-velocity layer located on a side of the bonding layer opposite to the piezoelectric film; and

when an elastic wave used in the elastic wave device is assumed to have a wavelength λ, the first low-acoustic-velocity layer has a thickness of about 0.12λ or more.

9. The elastic wave device according to claim 8 , wherein the first low-acoustic-velocity layer has a thickness of about 0.22λ or more.

10. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , wherein the high-acoustic-velocity film is made of aluminum nitride or silicon nitride.

11. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate layer stacked between the high-acoustic-velocity film and the substrate.

12. An elastic wave device comprising:

a piezoelectric film;

a low-acoustic-velocity film which is stacked on the piezoelectric film and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave that propagates through the low-acoustic-velocity film is lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave that propagates through the piezoelectric film;

a high-acoustic-velocity substrate which is directly or indirectly stacked on a surface of the low-acoustic-velocity film on a side opposite to the piezoelectric film and in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave that propagates through the high-acoustic-velocity substrate is higher than an acoustic velocity of an elastic wave that propagates through the piezoelectric film; and

a bonding layer located in the low-acoustic-velocity film or at an interface between the piezoelectric film and the low-acoustic-velocity film.

13. The elastic wave device according to claim 12 , wherein the bonding layer is located in the high-acoustic-velocity substrate, at an interface between the high-acoustic-velocity substrate and the low-acoustic-velocity film, in the low-acoustic-velocity film, or at the interface between the low-acoustic-velocity film and the piezoelectric film.

14. The elastic wave device according to claim 12 , wherein the bonding layer includes a metal oxide layer or a metal nitride layer.

15. The elastic wave device according to claim 12 , wherein the bonding layer includes a Ti layer, and the Ti layer has a thickness in a range of about 0.4 nm to about 2.0 nm.

16. The elastic wave device according to claim 15 , wherein the Ti layer has a thickness a range of about 0.4 nm to about 1.2 nm.

17. The elastic wave device according to claim 12 , wherein the piezoelectric film is made of LiTaO 3 .

18. The elastic wave device according to claim 12 , wherein the low-acoustic-velocity film is made of silicon oxide.

19. The elastic wave device according to claim 13 , wherein

the low-acoustic-velocity film is made of silicon oxide; and

the bonding layer is located in the low-acoustic-velocity film;

the low-acoustic-velocity film includes a first low-acoustic-velocity layer located on a side of the bonding layer close to the piezoelectric film and a second low-acoustic-velocity layer located on a side of the bonding layer opposite to the piezoelectric film; and

when an elastic wave used in the elastic wave device is assumed to have a wavelength λ, the first low-acoustic-velocity layer has a thickness of about 0.12λ, or more.

20. The elastic wave device according to claim 19 , wherein the first low-acoustic-velocity layer has a thickness of about 0.22λ or more.

21. The elastic wave device according to claim 12 , wherein the high-acoustic-velocity film is made of aluminum nitride or silicon nitride.

22. The elastic wave device according to claim 12 , further comprising an intermediate layer stacked between the high-acoustic-velocity film and the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2016
From: OTSUBO, RYO; FUJIO, KOUHEI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040208/0714 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-115610 · Jun 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015065770 · Jun 1, 2015
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