IP Library Granted Patent US 10,177,739
Granted Patent B2
US 10,177,739 · App. 15/230,529 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Elastic wave device

Inventor: Michio Kadota (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H03H9/64H03H9/02559H03H9/14544
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Patent No.
US 10,177,739
App. No.
15/230,529
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An elastic wave device includes an IDT electrode disposed on a LiNbO 3 substrate and an aluminum nitride film or a silicon nitride film is stacked to cover the IDT electrode and utilizes a leaky elastic wave. The IDT electrode includes a metal selected from a group consisting of Cu, Al, Au, Pt, and Ni. Euler angles of the LiNbO 3 are (0°±5°, θ, 0°±5°), and when X denotes a wavelength-normalized thickness of the IDT electrode and Y denotes θ of the Euler angles, Y is set in a specific range depending on the range of the wavelength-normalized thickness of the IDT electrode, the range of the wavelength-normalized thickness of the aluminum nitride film or the silicon nitride film, and the kind of metal of which the IDT electrode is composed.

Claims (171)

1. An elastic wave device comprising:

a LiNbO 3 substrate;

an IDT electrode disposed on the LiNbO 3 substrate; and

an aluminum nitride film disposed on the LiNbO 3 substrate to cover the IDT electrode such that the elastic wave device utilizes a leaky elastic wave that propagates on the LiNbO 3 substrate; wherein

the IDT electrode is composed of a metal including, as a main component, one material selected from a group consisting of Cu, Al, Au, Pt, and Ni;

Euler angles of the LiNbO 3 substrate are (0°±5°, θ, 0°±5°);

when X denotes a wavelength-normalized thickness of the IDT electrode and Y denotes θ of the Euler angles, Y is in any of ranges in Table 1 to Table 5 depending on a kind of the metal of which the IDT electrode is composed and a range of a wavelength-normalized thickness of the aluminum nitride film:

TABLE 1

Cu electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 119.8 − 1644X + 64107X 2 −

820434X 3 + 4.5 × 10 6 X 4 − 1.2 × 10 7 X 5 +

1.1X 6 to Y = 153 + 169X − 363X 2

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 106.7 − 1278X + 53014X 2 − 700901X 3 +

4.1 × 10 6 X 4 − 1.1 × 10 7 X 5 + 1.1 × 10 7 X 6 to Y =

143 + 209X − 739X 2 + 907X 3

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 89.6 − 493X + 25919X 2 − 255926X 3 +

911653X 4 − 1.1X 5 to Y = 132 + 207X − 195X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 79.4 − 207.6X + 21115X 2 − 220752X 3 +

803734X 4 − 988585X 5 to Y = 124 +

547X − 2351X 2 + 3513X 3

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 70.4 − 35.7X + 13366X 2 − 125408X 3 +

392064X 4 − 406193X 5 to Y = 125.8 + 547.4X −

2351X 2 + 3513X 3

TABLE 2

Al electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 154 − 17X − 18 to Y = 154 − 17X + 18

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 132 − 13X − 18 to Y = 132 − 13X + 18

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 116 − 13X − 18 to Y = 116 − 13X + 18

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 101 − 13X − 18 to Y = 101 − 13X + 18

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 88 − 13X − 18 to Y = 88 − 13X + 18

TABLE 3

Au electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 143.1 − 2591X + 221241X 2 − 6.66109 ×

10 6 X 3 + 7.5 × 10 7 X 4 − 2.9 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 154 +

513X − 2508X 2

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 113.3 − 1613X + 173621X 2 − 5.4 ×

10 6 X 3 + 6.1 × 10 7 X 4 − 2.4 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 151 +

187X + 1187X 2

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 91.57 − 1590X + 203628X 2 − 5.7 ×

10 6 X 3 + 5.8 × 10 7 X 4 − 2.1 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 140 +

265X + 623X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 103.7 − 559.1X + 42955X 2 −

704717X 3 + 3 × 10 6 X 4 to Y = 146 + 191X − 215X 2

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 88.8 + 26.8X + 66840X 2 − 4.45 × 10 6 X 3 +

1.15 × 10 8 X 4 − 1.25 × 10 9 X 5 + 4.8 × 10 9 X 6 to

Y = 176 − 450X + 2317X 2

TABLE 4

Pt electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 134 + 303X + 2874X 2 − 445059X 3 +

3X 4 to Y = 159 + 333X − 1040X 2

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 101 − 345X + 66704X 2 − 1.4 × 10 6 X 3 +

7.6 × 10 6 X 4 to Y = 147 + 350X + 281X 2

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 94.45 − 2780X + 313312X 2 − 9.1 × 10 6 X 3 + 10 ×

10 7 X 4 − 3.8 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 140 + 258X + 918X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 101.1 + 1132X − 94867X 2 + 3.4 × 10 6 X 3 − 4.8 ×

10 7 X 4 + 2.2 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 154 − 66X + 1563X 2

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 91.1 − 793.7X + 132135X 2 − 6.4 × 10 6 X 3 + 1.4 ×

10 8 X 4 − 1.4 × 10 9 X 5 + 5.1 × 10 9 X 6 to Y =

175 − 527X + 4617X 2 − 13850X 3

TABLE 5

Ni electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 115.9 − 1162X + 47603X2 − 584771X 3 + 3.1 ×

10 6 X 4 − 7.4 × 10 6 X 5 + 6.7 × 10 6 X 6 to Y = 154 +

51X + 19.5X 2

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 100.3 − 769X + 30871X 2 − 326052X 3 + 1.3 ×

10 6 X 4 − 1.7 × 10 6 X 5 to Y = 134 + 154X − 300X 2

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 67.99 + 1440X − 46900X 2 + 917682X 3 −

9.1 × 10 6 X 4 + 4.5 × 10 7 X 5 − 1.1 × 10 8 X 6 + 1.1 ×

10 8 X 7 to Y = 139 + 194X − 177X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 68.79 + 618.4X − 15149X 2 + 215569X 3 −

1.35 × 10 6 X 4 + 3.64 × 10 6 X 5 − 3.51 × 10 6 X 6 to Y =

129 + 642X − 3232X 2 + 5479X 3

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 59.867 + 826.5X − 15571X 2 + 176484X 3 −

985113X 4 + 2.5 × 10 6 X 5 − 2.3 × 10 6 X 6 to Y = 118 +

576X − 2604X 2 + 4075X 3 .

2. An elastic wave device comprising:

a LiNbO 3 substrate;

an IDT electrode disposed on the LiNbO 3 substrate; and

a silicon nitride film disposed on the LiNbO 3 substrate to cover the IDT electrode such that the elastic wave device utilizes a leaky elastic wave that propagates on the LiNbO 3 substrate; wherein

the IDT electrode is composed of a metal including, as a main component, one material selected from a group consisting of Cu, Al, Au, Pt, and Ni;

Euler angles of the LiNbO 3 substrate are (0°±5°, θ, 0°±5°);

when X denotes a wavelength-normalized thickness of the IDT electrode and Y denotes θ of the Euler angles, Y is in any of ranges in Table 6 to Table 10 depending on a kind of the metal of which the IDT electrode is composed and a range of a wavelength-normalized thickness of the silicon nitride film:

TABLE 6

Cu electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 111 − 498X + 41204X 2 − 506285X 3 + 2.1 × 10 6 X 4 − 2.9X 5 to Y = 150 + 376X − 1867X 2 + 3151X 3

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 96.3 − 854X + 42082X 2 − 459289X 3 + 1.86 × 10 6 X 4 − 2.55 × 10 6 X 5 to Y = 135 + 333X − 868X 2 + 621X 3

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 58.42 + 3058X − 122626X 2 + 2.55 × 10 6 X 3 − 2.61 × 10 7 X 4 + 1.35 × 10 8 X 5 − 3.43 × 10 8 X 6 + 3.38 × 10 8 X 7 to Y =

125 + 322X − 568X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 69.36 + 1741X − 69965X 2 + 1.51 × 10 6 X 3 − 1.56 × 10 7 X 4 + 8.037 × 10 7 X 5 − 2.01 × 10 8 X 6 + 1.95 × 10 8 X 7 to Y =

126 + 263X − 424X 2

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 76.57 − 46.58X + 10865X 2 − 95112X 3 + 272166X 4 − 249810X 5 to Y = 121 + 263X − 424X 2

TABLE 7

Al electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 106 − 124X − 204X 2 to Y = 163 − 105X + 714X 2 − 1122X 3

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 92 + 98X − 72X 2 to Y = 153 − 88X + 423X 2

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 85 + 188X − 409X 2 to Y = 144 + 76X − 235X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 80 + 197X − 433X 2 to Y = 141 + 67X − 188X 2

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 76.7 + 133.1X − 239X 2 to Y = 136 + 53X − 134X 2

TABLE 8

Au electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 138.8 − 521.5X + 59626X 2 − 1.6 × 10 6 X 3 + 9.7 × 10 6 X 4 to Y = 154.6 + 323X − 1005X 2

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 78.95 − 2244X + 308668X 2 − 9.23 × 10 6 X 3 + 1.03 × 10 8 X 4 − 3.92 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 121.5 + 1406X − 8286X 2

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 75.14 − 972X + 163196X 2 − 4.73 × 10 6 X 3 + 5.02 × 10 7 X 4 − 1.83X 5 to Y = 150.8 + 103.8X + 1446.4X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 95.46 − 381X + 38962X 2 − 766242X 3 + 3.89 × 10 6 X 4 to Y = 139.1 + 191.4X − 215.1X 2

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 90.23 − 363.8X + 15154X 2 − 181875X 3 − 8.63 × 10 6 X 4 + 5.45 × 10 7 X 5 to Y = 118.5 + 1461.9X − 8600.4X 2

TABLE 9

Pt electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 137.8 + 1045.9X − 35270X 2 + 182370X 3 to Y = 178.8 − 459.9X + 2654.2X 2

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 85.3 + 1563.5X − 13505X 2 − 334251X 3 + 2.9 × 10 6 X 4 to Y = 126.2 + 841.4X + 3530.7X 2 − 64451X 3

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 80.25 + 1737.6X − 29616X 2 + 116182X 3 to Y = 134.1 + 233X + 1288X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 102 − 2120X + 171560X 2 − 4.29 × 10 6 X 3 + 4.1 × 10 7 X 4 − 1.35 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 143.8 + 106.3X + 681.3X 2

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 85.45 + 2448X − 171170X 2 + 4.82 × 10 6 X 3 − 5.56 × 10 7 X 4 + 2.19 × 10 8 X 5 to Y = 172.2 − 496.4X + 3216X 2

TABLE 10

Ni electrode

 0.02 ≤ <0.075

Y = 77.39 + 889X − 10413X 2 + 39192X 3 − 48758X 4 to Y = 133.7 + 570.1X − 2561X 2 + 39863587X 3

0.075 ≤ <0.125

Y = 96.1 − 265.4X + 17881X 2 − 193077X 3 + 724808X 4 − 910916X 5 to Y = 143.1 + 148X − 216.8X 2

0.125 ≤ <0.175

Y = 83.26 − 139X + 17433X 2 − 212387X 3 + 874177X 4 − 1.2 × 10 6 X 5 to Y = 143.7 + 208.6X − 275.3X 2

0.175 ≤ <0.225

Y = 72.04 − 196.1X + 23821X 2 − 258686X 3 + 977904X 4 − 1.2 × 10 6 X 5 to Y = 126.2 + 498.9X − 1958X 2 + 2608X 3

0.225 ≤ <0.275

Y = 69.12 − 307.4X + 22905X 2 to Y = 120.9 + 428.9X − 1427X 2 + 1528X 3

3. The elastic wave device according to claim 1 , wherein an attenuation constant is about 0.2 or less.

4. The elastic wave device according to claim 2 , wherein an attenuation constant is about 0.2 or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2016
From: KADOTA, MICHIO
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-050381 · Mar 13, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015054769 · Feb 20, 2015
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