IP Library Patent Application 16995491
Patent Application
App. No. 16/995,491

LATERAL FEATURE CONTROL FOR REDUCING COUPLING VARIATION

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16/995,491
Abstract

In certain aspects, a method for reducing coupling coefficient variation includes receiving one or more measured coupling coefficients of one or more acoustic resonators, determining a coupling coefficient change based on the one or more measured coupling coefficients, and determining a change in a dimension of a lateral feature based on the determined coupling coefficient change.

Claims (44)

1 . A method for reducing coupling coefficient variation, comprising:

receiving one or more measured coupling coefficients of one or more acoustic resonators;

determining a coupling coefficient change based on the one or more measured coupling coefficients; and

determining a change in a dimension of a lateral feature based on the determined coupling coefficient change.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dimension of the lateral feature comprises a height of the lateral feature.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the dimension of the lateral feature comprises a width of the lateral feature.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more acoustic resonators comprise one or more bulk acoustic wave resonators.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising changing the dimension of the lateral feature on each one of the one or more acoustic resonators based on the determined change in the dimension of the lateral feature.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein:

the dimension of the lateral feature comprises a height of the lateral feature; and

changing the dimension of the lateral feature on each one of the one or more acoustic resonators comprises trimming the height of the lateral feature on each one of the one or more acoustic resonators based on the determined change in the dimension of the lateral feature.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein trimming the height of the lateral feature on each one of the one or more acoustic resonators comprises trimming the height of the lateral feature on each one of the one or more acoustic resonators using ion beam etching.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein, for each one of the one or more acoustic resonators, the lateral feature is located along a perimeter of an active region of each one of the one or more acoustic resonators.

9 . The method of claim 5 , wherein, for each one of the one or more acoustic resonators, the lateral feature comprises a portion of an electrode of each one of the one or more acoustic resonators.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the coupling coefficient change comprises:

determining a mean of the one or more measured coupling coefficients; and

determining a difference between the mean of the one or more measured coupling coefficients and a target coupling coefficient.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more acoustic resonators comprise one acoustic resonator, and determining the coupling coefficient change comprises determining a difference between the measured coupling coefficient of the one acoustic resonator and a target coupling coefficient.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the coupling coefficient change comprises:

interpolating a coupling coefficient based on the one or more measured coupling coefficients; and

determining a difference between the interpolated coupling coefficient and a target coupling coefficient.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein interpolating the coupling coefficient includes performing one of linear interpolation, piecewise interpolation, or radial symmetric interpolation.

14 . An apparatus for reducing coupling coefficient variation, comprising:

means for receiving one or more measured coupling coefficients of one or more acoustic resonators;

means for determining a coupling coefficient change based on the one or more measured coupling coefficients; and

means for determining a change in a dimension of a lateral feature based on the determined coupling coefficient change.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the dimension of the lateral feature comprises a height of the lateral feature.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the dimension of the lateral feature comprises a width of the lateral feature.

17 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more acoustic resonators comprise one or more bulk acoustic wave resonators.

18 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the means for determining the coupling coefficient change comprises:

means for determining a mean of the one or more measured coupling coefficients; and

means for determining a difference between the mean of the one or more measured coupling coefficients and a target coupling coefficient.

19 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more acoustic resonators comprise one acoustic resonator, and the means for determining the coupling coefficient change comprises means for determining a difference between the measured coupling coefficient of the one acoustic resonator and a target coupling coefficient.

20 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the means for determining the coupling coefficient change comprises:

means for interpolating a coupling coefficient based on the one or more measured coupling coefficients; and

means for determining a difference between the interpolated coupling coefficient and a target coupling coefficient.

21 . The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the means for interpolating includes means for performing one of linear interpolation, piecewise interpolation, or radial symmetric interpolation.

22 . An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive one or more measured coupling coefficients of one or more acoustic resonators;

determine a coupling coefficient change based on the one or more measured coupling coefficients; and

determine a change in a dimension of a lateral feature based on the determined coupling coefficient change.

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