METHODS OF FORMING GROUP III PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILMS VIA REMOVAL OF PORTIONS OF FIRST SPUTTERED MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20220352456A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17811222

    申请日:2022-07-07

    申请人: Akoustis, Inc.

    摘要: A method of forming a piezoelectric thin film includes sputtering a first surface of a substrate to provide a piezoelectric thin film comprising AlN, AlScN, AlCrN, HfMgAlN, or ZrMgAlN thereon, processing a second surface of the substrate that is opposite the first surface of the substrate to provide an exposed surface of the piezoelectric thin film from beneath the second surface of the substrate, wherein the exposed surface of the piezoelectric thin film includes a first crystalline quality portion, removing a portion of the exposed surface of the piezoelectric thin film to access a second crystalline quality portion that is covered by the first crystalline quality portion, wherein the second crystalline quality portion has a higher quality than the first crystalline quality portion and processing the second crystalline quality portion to provide an acoustic resonator device on the second crystalline quality portion.

    Methods of forming group III piezoelectric thin films via removal of portions of first sputtered material

    公开(公告)号:US11411169B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16742202

    申请日:2020-01-14

    申请人: Akoustis, Inc.

    摘要: A method of forming a piezoelectric thin film includes sputtering a first surface of a substrate to provide a piezoelectric thin film comprising AlN, AlScN, AlCrN, HfMgAlN, or ZrMgAlN thereon, processing a second surface of the substrate that is opposite the first surface of the substrate to provide an exposed surface of the piezoelectric thin film from beneath the second surface of the substrate, wherein the exposed surface of the piezoelectric thin film includes a first crystalline quality portion, removing a portion of the exposed surface of the piezoelectric thin film to access a second crystalline quality portion that is covered by the first crystalline quality portion, wherein the second crystalline quality portion has a higher quality than the first crystalline quality portion and processing the second crystalline quality portion to provide an acoustic resonator device on the second crystalline quality portion.