IP Library Granted Patent US 11,929,730
Granted Patent B2
US 11,929,730 · App. 17/172,568 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Acoustic wave device and forming method thereof

Inventors: Ta-Cheng Hsu (Hsinchu, TW); Wei-Shou Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Chun-Yi Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Chung-Jen Chung (Hsinchu, TW); Wei-Tsuen Ye (Hsinchu, TW); Wei-Ching Guo (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H03H9/131H03H3/02H03H9/173H10N30/076H10N30/877H03H2003/021
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Patent No.
US 11,929,730
App. No.
17/172,568
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acoustic wave element includes: a substrate; a bonding structure on the substrate; a support layer on the bonding structure; a first electrode including a lower surface on the support layer; a cavity positioned between the support layer and the first electrode and exposing a lower surface of the first electrode; a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first layer and a second layer that the first layer has a first acoustic impedance and a first electrical impedance, the second layer has a second acoustic impedance and a second electrical impedance, wherein the first acoustic impedance is higher than the second acoustic impedance, and the second electrical impedance is lower than the first electrical impedance.

Claims (16)

1. An acoustic wave element, comprising:

a substrate;

a bonding structure on the substrate;

a support layer on the bonding structure;

a first electrode comprising a lower surface on the support layer,

a cavity positioned between the support layer and the first electrode and exposing the lower surface of the first electrode;

a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode; and

a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer;

wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises a first layer and a second layer that the first layer has a first acoustic impedance and a first electrical impedance, the second layer has a second acoustic impedance and a second electrical impedance, wherein the first acoustic impedance is higher than the second acoustic impedance and the second electrical impedance is lower than the first electrical impedance.

2. The acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric layer is an epitaxial layer.

3. The acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric layer is a polycrystalline layer.

4. The acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer is adjacent to the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode layer is remote from the piezoelectric layer.

5. The acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the first layer comprises iridium, molybdenum, platinum, rubidium, tungsten, titanium tungsten alloy, or a combination thereof.

6. The acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the second layer comprises gold, silver, copper, aluminum or the combination thereof.

7. The acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises the first layer and the second layer.

8. The acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , wherein there is no additional material between the lower surface of the first electrode and the cavity.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075171/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2021
From: HSU, TA-CHENG; CHEN, WEI-SHOU; LIN, CHUN-YI; CHUNG, CHUNG-JEN; YE, WEI-TSUEN; GUO, WEI-CHING
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055217/0227 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 109104675 · Feb 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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