IP Library Granted Patent US 12,658,884
Granted Patent B2
US 12,658,884 · App. 18/159,904 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator for reduced YX-cut piezoelectric coupling

Inventors: Greg Dyer (San Francisco, CA); Filip Iliev (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H03H9/173H03H9/02031H03H9/133H03H9/564
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Patent No.
US 12,658,884
App. No.
18/159,904
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filter may include a substrate and a rotated YX-cut piezoelectric plate coupled to the substrate. The filter also may include an interdigital transducer (IDT) formed on a portion of the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity between the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric plate and the substrate. The IDT includes interleaved fingers that are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT has an aperture that is less than or equal to 4 times a pitch of the interleaved fingers.

Claims (42)

1 . An acoustic resonator device, comprising:

a substrate;

a rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer coupled to the substrate and including a diaphragm that is over a cavity; and

an interdigital transducer (IDT) including interleaved fingers at the diaphragm of the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer,

wherein the IDT has an aperture that is in a range between 10.8 μm and 33 μm, and

wherein the IDT has a pitch that is between 2 and 20 times a width of the interleaved fingers.

2 . The acoustic resonator device of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is approximately 3.6 times the pitch of the interleaved fingers.

3 . The acoustic resonator device of claim 1 ,

wherein the aperture of the IDT is in a range between a first aperture and a second aperture that is less than or equal to 4 times the pitch of the interleaved fingers, and

wherein the first aperture corresponds to a first effective acoustic coupling and the second aperture corresponds to a second effective acoustic coupling that is greater than the first effective acoustic coupling.

4 . The acoustic resonator device of claim 1 ,

wherein the IDT comprises a pair of busbars facing each other with a plurality of interleaved fingers extending from each respective busbar, and

wherein the aperture of the IDT is a distance of an overlap between the respective fingers extending from each of the pair of busbars in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the respective busbars from which the interleaved fingers extends.

5 . The acoustic resonator device of claim 1 , wherein the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer comprises 120-yx cut lithium niobate.

6 . The acoustic resonator device of claim 1 , wherein the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer comprises 128-yx cut lithium niobate.

7 . The acoustic resonator device of claim 1 , wherein the pitch of the IDT is one-half of an acoustic wavelength at a resonance frequency of the acoustic resonator device.

8 . A filter, comprising:

a substrate having a surface;

a Y-rotated piezoelectric layer attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the Y-rotated piezoelectric layer that comprises a diaphragm that spans a cavity; and

an interdigital transducer (IDT) including interleaved fingers at the diaphragm of the rotated Y-rotated piezoelectric layer,

wherein the IDT has an aperture that is in a range between 10.8 μm and 33 μm, and

wherein the IDT has a pitch that is between 2 and 20 times a width of the interleaved fingers.

9 . The filter of claim 8 , wherein the aperture is approximately 3.6 times the pitch of the interleaved fingers.

10 . The filter of claim 8 ,

wherein the aperture of the filter is in a range between a first aperture and a second aperture that is less than or equal to 4 times the pitch of the interleaved fingers, and

wherein the first aperture corresponds to a first effective acoustic coupling and the second aperture corresponds to a second effective acoustic coupling that is greater than the first effective acoustic coupling.

11 . The filter of claim 8 ,

wherein the IDT comprises a pair of busbars facing each other with a plurality of interleaved fingers extending from each respective busbar, and

wherein the aperture of the IDT is a distance of an overlap between the respective fingers extending from each of the pair of busbars in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the respective busbars from which the interleaved fingers extends.

12 . The filter of claim 8 , wherein the Y-rotated piezoelectric layer comprises 120-yx cut lithium niobate.

13 . The filter of claim 8 , wherein the Y-rotated piezoelectric layer comprises 128-yx cut lithium niobate.

14 . A filter, comprising:

a substrate;

a rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer attached to at least a portion of a surface of the substrate; and

an interdigital transducer (IDT) comprising interleaved fingers on at least a portion of the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer that spans a cavity between the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer and the substrate,

wherein the IDT has a distance between a plurality of busbars that is in a range of 10.8 μm to 33 μm.

15 . The filter of claim 14 , wherein the distance between the plurality of busbars is approximately 3.6 times the pitch of the interleaved fingers.

16 . The filter of claim 14 ,

wherein the distance between the plurality of busbars is in a range between a first distance and a second distance that is less than or equal to 4 times the pitch of the interleaved fingers, and

wherein the first distance corresponds to a first effective acoustic coupling and the second distance corresponds to a second effective acoustic coupling that is greater than the first effective acoustic coupling.

17 . The filter of claim 14 , wherein the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer comprises 120-yx cut lithium niobate.

18 . The filter of claim 14 , wherein the rotated YX-cut piezoelectric layer comprises 128-yx cut lithium niobate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2023
From: DYER, GREG; ILIEV, FILIP
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062498/0012 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63306470 · Feb 3, 2022
Related Publication 20230246631A1 · Aug 3, 2023
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