Abstract:
An acoustic resonator device includes an annular acoustic resonator, a heater coil and a heat sensor. The annular acoustic resonator is positioned over a trench formed in a substrate of the acoustic resonator device. The heater coil is disposed around a perimeter of the annular acoustic resonator, the heater coil including a resistor configured to receive a heater current. The heat sensor is configured to adjust the heater current in response to a temperature of the heater coil.
Abstract:
An acoustic resonator device includes a composite first electrode on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer on the composite electrode, and a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer. The first electrode includes a buried temperature compensating layer having a positive temperature coefficient. The piezoelectric layer has a negative temperature coefficient, and thus the positive temperature coefficient of the temperature compensating layer offsets at least a portion of the negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer.
Abstract:
An electrical impedance transformer comprises a first film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), having a first electrical impedance and a first resonance frequency. The electrical impedance transformer also comprises: a second FBAR, having a second electrical impedance and a second resonance frequency, and being disposed over the first FBAR. The electrical impedance transformer also includes a decoupling layer disposed between the first and the second FBARs. The first electrical impedance differs from the second electrical impedance and the first and second resonance frequencies are substantially the same.
Abstract:
An apparatus including vertically separated acoustic resonators are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first acoustic resonator on a substrate and a second acoustic resonator vertically separated above the first acoustic resonator. Because the resonators are vertically separated above another, total area required to implement the resonators is reduced thereby savings in die size and cost are realized. The vertically separated resonators are supported by standoffs that are fabricated on the substrate, or on a resonator.
Abstract:
An oscillator comprises a substrate and a high tone bulk acoustic resonator (HBAR), which includes a portion of the substrate. The oscillator also comprises a film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) filter disposed over the substrate. The filter comprises a plurality of FBAR devices. The oscillator also comprises a plurality of acoustic isolators disposed in the substrate, wherein one of the isolators is disposed beneath each of the FBAR devices. A method of fabricating an oscillator is also disclosed.
Abstract:
An electronic device. The electronic device includes a first electrode and a coating layer. The electronic device is fabricated on a substrate; the substrate has a cavity created in a top surface of the substrate; and the first electrode is electrically coupled to the substrate. The coating layer coats at least part of a substrate surface in the cavity, and the presence of the coating layer results in a mitigation of at least one parasitic leakage path between the first electrode and an additional electrode fabricated on the substrate.
Abstract:
Acoustically coupled resonators include a first and a second acoustic resonator. Both the first and second acoustic resonators include a first electrode, a layer of piezoelectric material, and a second electrode. The first electrode is adjacent a first surface of the layer of piezoelectric material. The second electrode is adjacent a second surface of the layer of piezoelectric material. At least the second electrode has an edge that is tapered.
Abstract:
A method for separating dies on a wafer includes etching channels around the dies on a first side of the wafer, mounting the first side of the wafer to a quartz plate with an UV adhesive, and grinding a second side of the wafer until the channels are exposed on the second side of the wafer. At this point, the dies are separated but held together by the UV adhesive on the quartz plate. The method further includes mounting a second side of the wafer to a tack tape, exposing UV radiation through the quartz plate to the UV adhesive. At this point, the UV adhesive looses its adhesion so the dies are held together by the tack tape. The method further includes dismounting the quartz plate from the first side of the wafer and picking up the individual dies from the tack tape.
Abstract:
A method for forming a wafer package includes forming a die structure, wherein the die structure includes a first wafer, a device mounted on the first wafer, a second wafer mounted atop the first wafer with a first seal ring around the device and a second seal ring around a via contact. The method further includes forming a trench in the second wafer around the first seal ring, filling the trench and the via contact with a sealing agent, patterning a topside of the second wafer to removed the excessive sealing agent and to expose a contact pad of the via contact, and singulating a die around the first seal ring.