Patent Application
20200395911
Embodiments of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave devices and, more specifically, to bulk acoustic wave devices.
Acoustic wave filters can be implemented in radio frequency electronic systems. For instance, filters in a radio frequency front end of a mobile phone can include one or more acoustic wave filters. A plurality of acoustic wave filters can be arranged as a multiplexer. For instance, two acoustic wave filters can be arranged as a duplexer.
An acoustic wave filter can include a plurality of resonators arranged to filter a radio frequency signal. Example acoustic wave filters include surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters. BAW filters include BAW resonators. Example BAW resonators include film bulk acoustic wave resonators (FBARs) and solidly mounted resonators (SMRs). In BAW resonators, acoustic waves propagate in a bulk of a piezoelectric layer.
BAW devices with a high quality factor (Q) and low Gamma loss are generally desirable. However, quality factor and Gamma loss desired for certain BAW devices can be difficult to achieve.
The innovations described in the claims each have several aspects, no single one of which is solely responsible for its desirable attributes. Without limiting the scope of the claims, some prominent features of this disclosure will now be briefly described.
One aspect of this disclosure is a bulk acoustic wave device with raised frame mode suppression. The bulk acoustic wave device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a piezoelectric layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a floating raised frame structure. The first electrode is on a first side of the piezoelectric layer. The second electrode is on a second side of the piezoelectric layer. The floating raised frame structure is positioned on the first side of the piezoelectric layer and spaced apart from the first electrode. The floating raised frame structure is at a floating potential. The bulk acoustic wave device is configured to generate a bulk acoustic wave.
The floating raised frame structure can be positioned between the first electrode and the piezoelectric layer.
The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an air gap.
The floating raised frame structure can spaced apart from the first electrode by an electrically insulating material. The electrically insulating material can be silicon dioxide. The bulk acoustic wave device can include additional electrically insulating material positioned between the floating raised frame structure and the piezoelectric layer.
An overlap region of the bulk acoustic wave device can include thicker metal of the first electrode that a central part of an active region, and the first electrode can extends away from the piezoelectric layer in the overlap region. The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an air gap, in which the air gap extends into at least part of the overlap region. The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an electrically insulating material, in which the electrically insulating material extends into at least part of the overlap region.
The floating raised frame structure can be in physical contact with the piezoelectric layer.
The floating the raised frame structure can be disposed along a perimeter of the bulk acoustic wave device. The floating the raised frame structure can be disposed along a periphery of the first electrode. The floating raised frame structure can have an annular shape in plan view.
The bulk acoustic wave device can further include a support substrate and an acoustic reflector disposed between at least a portion of the support substrate and the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer can be positioned between the first electrode and the acoustic reflector. The first electrode can be positioned between the piezoelectric layer and the acoustic reflector. The acoustic reflector can be an air cavity. The acoustic reflector can be an acoustic Bragg reflector.
Another aspect of this disclosure is a bulk acoustic wave device with raised frame mode suppression. The bulk acoustic wave device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an acoustic reflector, a piezoelectric layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a floating raised frame structure. An active region of the bulk acoustic wave device corresponds to a region in which both the first electrode and the second electrode contact the piezoelectric layer and overlap the acoustic reflector. The floating raised frame structure is outside of the active region of the bulk acoustic wave device. The floating raised frame structure raised frame structure is at a floating potential. The bulk acoustic wave device is configured to generate a bulk acoustic wave.
The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the active region.
The acoustic reflector can be an air cavity. The acoustic reflector can be an acoustic Bragg reflector.
An overlap region of the bulk acoustic wave device can include thicker metal of the first electrode that a central part of the active region, in which the first electrode extends away from the piezoelectric layer in the overlap region. The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an air gap, and the air gap can extend into at least part of the overlap region. The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an electrically insulating material, and the electrically insulating material can extend into at least part of the overlap region.
The floating raised frame structure can be positioned between the first electrode and the piezoelectric layer.
The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an air gap.
The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an electrically insulating material. The electrically insulating material can be silicon dioxide. The bulk acoustic wave device can further include additional electrically insulating material positioned between the floating raised frame structure and the piezoelectric layer.
The floating raised frame structure can be in physical contact with the piezoelectric layer.
The floating the raised frame structure can be disposed along a perimeter of the bulk acoustic wave device. The floating the raised frame structure can be disposed along a periphery of the first electrode. The floating raised frame structure can have an annular shape in plan view.
The piezoelectric layer can be positioned between the first electrode and the acoustic reflector. The first electrode can be positioned between the piezoelectric layer and the acoustic reflector.
Another aspect of this disclosure is an acoustic wave filter that includes a bulk acoustic wave device and at least one additional acoustic wave device. The bulk acoustic wave device includes a floating raised frame structure. The bulk acoustic wave device and the at least one additional acoustic wave device are together arranged to filter a radio frequency signal.
The bulk acoustic wave device can include any suitable combination of features of the bulk acoustic wave devices disclosed herein.
Another aspect of this disclosure is a multiplexer that includes a first acoustic wave filter coupled to a common node and a second acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node. The first acoustic wave filter includes one or more bulk acoustic wave devices that include a floating raised frame structure.
The one or more bulk acoustic wave devices can include any suitable combination of features of the bulk acoustic wave devices disclosed herein.
A radio frequency front end can include the multiplexer and a radio frequency amplifier coupled to the first acoustic wave filter.
A wireless communication device can include the multiplexer and an antenna operatively coupled to the common node.
Another aspect of this disclosure is a multiplexer that includes a first acoustic wave filter coupled to a common node and a second acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node. The first acoustic wave filter has a first passband. The second acoustic wave filter has a second passband. The second acoustic wave filter includes a bulk acoustic wave resonator. The bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a floating raised frame structure at a floating potential. The floating raised frame structure is configured to cause a reflection coefficient of the second acoustic wave filter to be increased in the first passband.
The multiplexer can be configured to support carrier aggregation of at least a first carrier in the first passband and a second carrier within the second passband.
The multiplexer can be arranged as a duplexer.
The multiplexer can further include a third acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node. The multiplexer can be configured to support carrier aggregation of at least a first carrier in the first passband, a second carrier within the second passband, and a third carrier in a third passband of the third acoustic wave filter.
The multiplexer can further include a third acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node and a fourth acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node.
The second acoustic wave filter can include a second bulk acoustic wave resonator, in which the second bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a second floating raised frame structure.
The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the floating raised frame structure is positioned on the same side of the piezoelectric layer as the first electrode and spaced apart from the first electrode. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include an overlap region that includes thicker metal of the first electrode that a central part of the active region, in which the first electrode extends away from the piezoelectric layer in the overlap region. The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an air gap, and the air gap can extend into at least part of the overlap region. The floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the first electrode by an electrically insulating material, and the electrically insulating material can extend into at least part of the overlap region.
The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include an active region corresponding to a region in which two electrodes contact a piezoelectric layer and overlap an acoustic reflector, the floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the active region.
The floating the raised frame structure can be disposed along a perimeter of the bulk acoustic wave resonator. The floating the raised frame structure can have an annular shape in plan view.
Another aspect of this disclosure is a packaged radio frequency module that includes a packaging substrate, a multiplexer on the packaging substrate, and a radio frequency component on the packaging substrate. The multiplexer includes a first acoustic wave filter coupled to a common node and a second acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node. The second acoustic wave filter includes a bulk acoustic wave resonator that includes a floating raised frame structure at a floating potential. The floating raised frame structure is configured to cause a reflection coefficient of the second acoustic wave filter to be increased in a passband of the first acoustic wave filter. The radio frequency component is electrically coupled to the second acoustic wave filter. The multiplexer and the radio frequency component are enclosed within a common package.
The radio frequency component can include a radio frequency amplifier. The radio frequency amplifier can be a power amplifier. The radio frequency amplifier can be a low noise amplifier.
The radio frequency component can include a radio frequency switch.
The multiplexer can be configured to support carrier aggregation of at least a first carrier in the passband of the first acoustic wave filter a second carrier within a passband of the second acoustic wave filter.
The multiplexer can be arranged as a duplexer.
The multiplexer can further include a third acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node.
The second acoustic wave filter can include a second bulk acoustic wave resonator, in which the second bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a second floating raised frame structure.
The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the floating raised frame structure is positioned on the same side of the piezoelectric layer as the first electrode and spaced apart from the first electrode.
The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include an active region corresponding to a region in which two electrodes contact a piezoelectric layer and overlap an acoustic reflector, the floating raised frame structure can be spaced apart from the active region.
The floating the raised frame structure can be disposed along a perimeter of the bulk acoustic wave resonator. The floating the raised frame structure can have an annular shape in plan view.
For purposes of summarizing the disclosure, certain aspects, advantages and novel features of the innovations have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any particular embodiment. Thus, the innovations may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein.
Embodiments of this disclosure will now be described, by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The following description of certain embodiments presents various descriptions of specific embodiments. However, the innovations described herein can be embodied in a multitude of different ways, for example, as defined and covered by the claims. In this description, reference is made to the drawings where like reference numerals can indicate identical or functionally similar elements. It will be understood that elements illustrated in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. Moreover, it will be understood that certain embodiments can include more elements than illustrated in a drawing and/or a subset of the elements illustrated in a drawing. Further, some embodiments can incorporate any suitable combination of features from two or more drawings.
For developing high performance bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters, increasing quality factor (Q) and decreasing Gamma (reflection coefficient) loss is generally desirable. Having a high Q can result in a low insertion loss. To achieve a high Q, a raised frame, which can be referred to as a border ring, can be included around a perimeter of a BAW device. The raised frame can block lateral energy leakage from an active domain of a BAW resonator to a passive domain of the BAW resonator.
However, certain raised frames can excite plate waves that can generate relatively strong spurious resonances below the main resonant frequency. In certain instances, BAW devices can be implemented in multiplexers for carrier aggregation applications. The relatively strong plate modes excited by the raised frames can significantly increase a Gamma loss in a carrier aggregation band and result in undesirable multiplexer performance, in which Gamma is a reflection coefficient.
Using a narrower raised frame can decrease the amplitude of spurious responses exited by a raised frame. However, the narrower raised frame can also reduce Q.
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a bulk acoustic wave resonator that includes a floating raised frame structure that can achieve a high Q and low Gamma loss. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include a gap between a perimeter of the floating raised frame structure and an active region of the bulk acoustic wave resonator. The gap can occupy a gap region around the raised frame domain. The gap region can include air and/or an electrically insulating material. The floating raised frame structure is electrically isolated from an electrode of the bulk acoustic wave resonator that is on the same side of a piezoelectric layer. For example, there can be an air gap and/or an electrically insulating material positioned between the floating raised frame structure and the electrode. The bulk acoustic wave resonator can include an overlap region between at least the center part of an active region and the gap region. In the overlap region, an electrode of the bulk acoustic wave resonator can be thicker than in a center of the active region.
With such floating raised frame structures, a voltage is not applied to the floating raised frame structure and the floating raised frame is at a floating potential. A floating potential can also be referred to as a floating voltage. Being at a floating potential, the floating raised frame structure may not significantly excite plate waves that generate spurious responses. The floating raised frame structure may not degrade an electrometrical coupling coefficient (k2) with no voltage being applied to the floating raised frame structure.
Bulk acoustic wave devices with a floating raised frame structure can reduce and/or eliminate spurious modes excited by a raised frame relative structure compared to a similar bulk acoustic wave device with a raised frame structure at a potential of an electrode of the similar bulk acoustic wave device. The k2 of a bulk acoustic wave device with a floating raised frame structure can be at or approximately at an intrinsic value. A bulk acoustic wave device with a floating raised frame structure can achieve a relatively high Q. A bulk acoustic device with a floating raised frame can contribute to desirable multiplexer performance by, for example, reducing and/or eliminating Gamma loss due to spurious modes excited by a raised frame.
In an embodiment, a bulk acoustic wave device with raised frame mode suppression includes a piezoelectric layer having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, a first electrode (e.g., an upper electrode or a lower electrode) on the first side of the piezoelectric layer, a second electrode on the second side of the piezoelectric layer, and a floating raised frame structure positioned on the first side of the piezoelectric layer and spaced apart from the first electrode. The floating raised frame structure is at a floating potential. An active region of the bulk acoustic wave device can correspond to a region in which both the first electrode and the second electrode contact the piezoelectric layer and overlap an acoustic reflector (e.g., an air cavity or acoustic Bragg reflector), and the floating raised frame structure can be outside of the active region of the bulk acoustic wave device.
Example bulk acoustic wave devices with floating raised frame structures will now be discussed. Any suitable principles and advantages of these acoustic wave devices with floating raised frame structures can be implemented together with each other. The bulk acoustic wave devices discussed herein can be bulk acoustic wave resonators in an acoustic wave filter. The bulk acoustic wave devices discussed herein can be included in a filter with one or more inductors and one or more capacitors.
The piezoelectric layer 12 is positioned between the lower electrode 14 and the upper electrode 15. The piezoelectric layer 12 can be an aluminum nitride (AlN) layer. Alternatively, the piezoelectric layer 12 can be any other suitable piezoelectric layer. An active region or active domain of the bulk acoustic wave device 10 can be defined by the portion of the piezoelectric layer 12 that is in contact with both the lower electrode 14 and the upper electrode 15 and overlaps an acoustic reflector. In the bulk acoustic wave device 10, the air cavity 19 is an acoustic reflector. The active region corresponds to where voltage is applied on opposing sides of the piezoelectric layer 14 over the acoustic reflector. The active domain can be the acoustically active region of the bulk acoustic wave device 10. In the active domain, one or more recessed frame domains (not illustrated in
The lower electrode 14 can have a relatively high acoustic impedance. For example, the lower electrode 14 can include molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), Ir/Pt, or any suitable combination thereof. Similarly, the upper electrode 15 can have a relatively high acoustic impedance. The upper electrode 15 can be formed of the same material as the lower electrode 14 in certain instances. The upper electrode 15 can include molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), Ir/Pt, or any suitable combination thereof.
The bulk acoustic wave device 10 includes an overlap region between a gap region and a center part of an active domain. The overlap region includes thicker metal of the upper electrode 15 than the center part of the active domain. As illustrated in
The bulk acoustic wave device 10 includes a gap region between the overlap region and a raised frame domain. In the gap region, the upper electrode 15 is spaced apart from the floating raised frame structure 16. For example, as illustrated in
The floating raised frame structure 16 is positioned in the raised frame domain. The raised frame domain of the bulk acoustic wave device 10 can have similar mass loading to other bulk acoustic wave devices that include a raised frame structure that is in contact with an upper electrode. In the bulk acoustic wave device 10, the floating raised frame structure 16 is electrically insulated from the upper electrode 15. The floating raised frame structure 16 is at a floating potential in the bulk acoustic wave device 10. Being at a floating potential, the floating raised frame structure 16 should not excite significant spurious responses. The floating raised frame structure 16 can contribute to a relatively high Q of the bulk acoustic wave device 10. The floating raised frame structure 16 can also contribute to a relatively high reflection coefficient (Gamma) for the bulk acoustic wave device 10.
In the bulk acoustic wave device 10, the floating raised frame structure 16 is positioned between the upper electrode 15 and the piezoelectric layer 12. As shown in
The floating raised frame structure 16 can be formed of a material with a relatively high acoustic impedance and/or that is relatively heavy. For example, the floating raised frame structure 16 can be include one or more of tungsten (W), iridium (Jr), a ruthenium (Ru), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), or tantalum oxide (Ta2O3). In some instances, the floating raised frame structure 16 can be formed of the same material as the upper electrode 15. In certain instances, the floating raised frame layer 16 can be formed of the same material as the piezoelectric layer 12. As one example, the piezoelectric layer 12 and the floating raised frame layer 16 can both be formed of aluminum nitride (AlN) in some applications.
The bulk acoustic wave device 10 is a film bulk acoustic wave resonator (FBAR). The air cavity 19 is included below the lower electrode 14. The air cavity 19 is defined by defined the geometry of the lower electrode 14 and the support substrate 18 in the bulk acoustic wave 10. The air cavity 19 functions as an acoustic reflector in the bulk acoustic wave device 10. The support substrate 18 can be a silicon substrate. The support substrate 18 can be any other suitable support substrate.
In certain applications, a silicon dioxide layer and/or another passivation layer can be included over the upper electrode 15. Alternatively or additionally, a silicon dioxide layer and/or another passivation layer can be included under the lower electrode 14.
Additional embodiments of bulk acoustic wave devices will be discussed with reference to example cross sections. These cross sections can correspond to the being along the line from A to A′ in
Although a floating raised frame structure is positioned between a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode in certain embodiments disclosed herein, a floating raised frame structure can be located in a different position within a bulk acoustic wave device in some other embodiments. For example,
In the bulk acoustic wave device 90, the floating raised frame structure 16 is spaced apart from the lower electrode 14 by an air gap 92. The floating raised frame structure 16 is outside of the active region of the bulk acoustic wave device 90. As shown in
Although
In certain embodiments, an air cavity of an FBAR can be etched into a support substrate. Any suitable principles and advantages of such embodiments can be applied to an FBAR with an air cavity over a support substrate.
Although certain bulk acoustic wave devices disclosed herein are FBARs, any suitable principles and advantages discussed herein can be applied to a solidly mounted resonator (SMR).
The bulk acoustic wave resonators disclosed herein can be implemented in acoustic wave filters. The acoustic wave filters can be band pass filters arranged to pass a radio frequency band and attenuate frequencies outside of the radio frequency band. Two or more acoustic wave filters can be coupled together at a common node and arranged as a multiplexer, such as a duplexer.
Bulk acoustic wave devices disclosed herein can be included in a filter and/or a multiplexer arranged to filter a radio frequency signal in a fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) operating band within Frequency Range 1 (FR1). FR1 can from 410 megahertz (MHz) to 7.125 gigahertz (GHz), for example, as specified in a current 5G NR specification. A filter arranged to filter a radio frequency signal in a 5G NR FR1 operating band can include one or more bulk acoustic wave resonators be implemented in accordance with any suitable principles and advantages disclosed herein. In certain instances, an acoustic wave filter including a bulk acoustic wave device with a floating raised frame can be arranged to have a passband that spans a 5G NR FR1 operating band and also a fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) operating band. In some instances, an acoustic wave filter including a bulk acoustic wave device with a floating raised frame can be arranged to filter a 4G LTE signal.
5G NR carrier aggregation specifications can present technical challenges. For example, 5G NR carrier aggregations can have wider bandwidth and/or channel spacing than fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) carrier aggregations. Bulk acoustic wave resonators with a floating raised frame structure disclosed herein can suppress a raised frame mode. This can contribute to achieving a high Gamma outside of a passband of filter that includes such a bulk acoustic wave resonator. In certain applications, the bulk acoustic wave device can be included filter of a multiplexer and the floating raised frame structure can cause Gamma to be increased in a passband of another filter of the multiplexer. This can be advantageous in carrier aggregation applications, for example, by reducing and/or eliminating Gamma degradation from a filter for a first carrier of the carrier aggregation in a band for a second carrier of the carrier aggregation.
A multiplexer can include plurality of acoustic wave filters coupled together at a common node. Multiplexers can support carrier aggregation. For example, a carrier aggregation can aggregate at least a first carrier in a passband of a first acoustic wave filter of a multiplexer and a second carrier in a passband of a second acoustic wave filter of the multiplexer. In this example, it is generally desirable for the first acoustic wave filter to have a high Gamma in the second passband in which Gamma is a reflection coefficient. Bulk acoustic wave devices disclosed herein that include a floating raised frame structure can advantageously achieve a relatively high Gamma.
In an embodiment, a multiplexer includes a first acoustic wave filter coupled to a common node and a second acoustic wave filter coupled to the common node. The first acoustic wave filter has a first passband. The second acoustic wave filter has a second passband. The second acoustic wave filter includes a bulk acoustic wave resonator with a floating raised frame structure at a floating potential. The floating raised frame structure is configured to cause a reflection coefficient of the second acoustic wave filter to be increased in the first passband.
The transmit filter 141 can filter a radio frequency signal and provide a filtered radio frequency signal to the antenna node ANT. A series inductor L2 can be coupled between a transmit input node TX and the acoustic wave resonators of the transmit filter 141. The illustrated transmit filter 141 includes acoustic wave resonators T01, T02, T03, T04, T05, T06, T07, T08, and T09. One or more of these resonators can be a bulk acoustic wave resonator with a floating raised frame structure in accordance with any suitable principles and advantages disclosed herein.
The illustrated receive filter 142 includes acoustic wave resonators R01, R02, R03, R04, R05, R06, R07, R08, and R09. One or more of these resonators can be a bulk acoustic wave resonator with a floating raised frame structure in accordance with any suitable principles and advantages disclosed herein. The receive filter can filter a radio frequency signal received at the antenna node ANT. A series inductor L3 can be coupled between the resonator and a receive output node RX. The receive output node RX of the receive filter provides a radio frequency receive signal.
In an embodiment, the receive filter 142 includes one or more bulk acoustic wave devices with a floating raised frame structure configured to increase Gamma of the receive filter 142 in a passband of the transmit filter 141. Alternatively or additionally, the transmit filter 141 includes one or more bulk acoustic wave devices with a floating raised frame structure configured to increase Gamma of the transmit filter 141 in a passband of the receive filter 142.
While the illustrated duplexer 140 includes a transmit filter and a receive filter, a duplexer can include two receive filters or two transmit filter in accordance with any suitable principles and advantages disclosed herein.
Although example embodiments may be discussed with filters or duplexers for illustrative purposes, any suitable the principles and advantages disclosed herein can be implement in a multiplexer that includes a plurality of filters coupled together at a common node. Examples of multiplexers include but are not limited to a duplexer with two filters coupled together at a common node, a triplexer with three filters coupled together at a common node, a quadplexer with four filters coupled together at a common node, a hexaplexer with six filters coupled together at a common node, an octoplexer with eight filters coupled together at a common node, or the like. One or more filters of a multiplexer can include a bulk acoustic wave device with floating raised frame suture in accordance with any suitable principles and advantages disclosed herein.
A method of filtering a radio frequency signal according to an embodiment will now be described. The method includes receiving a radio frequency signal at port of an acoustic wave filter that includes a bulk acoustic wave resonator with a floating raised frame structure. The floating raised frame structure can include any suitable combination of features of the floating raised frame structures disclosed herein. The method also includes filtering the radio frequency signal with the acoustic wave filter in which the bulk acoustic wave resonator suppresses a raised frame mode.
Another method of filtering a radio frequency signal according to an embodiment will now be described. The method includes receiving a radio frequency signal at port of a first acoustic wave filter of a multiplexer. The first acoustic wave filter has a first passband. The multiplexer also includes a second acoustic wave filter coupled to the first acoustic wave filter at a common node. The second acoustic wave filter includes a bulk acoustic wave resonator with a floating raised frame structure. The method includes increasing Gamma of the second acoustic wave filter in the first passband with the bulk acoustic wave filter while the first acoustic wave filter filters the radio frequency signal. In some instances, the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter support carrier aggregation of at least a first carrier in the first passband and a second carrier in a second passband of the second acoustic wave filter.
The bulk acoustic wave resonators disclosed herein can be implemented in a variety of packaged modules. Some example packaged modules will now be discussed in which any suitable principles and advantages of the bulk acoustic wave devices disclosed herein can be implemented. The example packaged modules can include a package that encloses the illustrated circuit elements. The illustrated circuit elements can be disposed on a common packaging substrate. The packaging substrate can be a laminate substrate, for example.
The RF front end 182 can include one or more power amplifiers, one or more low noise amplifiers, RF switches, receive filters, transmit filters, duplex filters, filters of a multiplexer, filters of a diplexers or other frequency multiplexing circuit, or any suitable combination thereof. The RF front end 182 can transmit and receive RF signals associated with any suitable communication standards. Any of the bulk acoustic wave resonators disclosed herein can be implemented in filters 183 of the RF front end 182. Any of the filter 183 can include one or more bulk acoustic wave resonators in accordance with any suitable principles and advantages disclosed herein.
The RF transceiver 184 can provide RF signals to the RF front end 182 for amplification and/or other processing. The RF transceiver 184 can also process an RF signal provided by a low noise amplifier of the RF front end 182. The RF transceiver 184 is in communication with the processor 185. The processor 185 can be a baseband processor. The processor 185 can provide any suitable base band processing functions for the wireless communication device 180. The memory 186 can be accessed by the processor 185. The memory 186 can store any suitable data for the wireless communication device 180. The processor 185 is also in communication with the user interface 187. The user interface 187 can be any suitable user interface, such as a display.
Any of the embodiments described above can be implemented in association with mobile devices such as cellular handsets. The principles and advantages of the embodiments can be used for any systems or apparatus, such as any uplink wireless communication device, that could benefit from any of the embodiments described herein. The teachings herein are applicable to a variety of systems. Although this disclosure includes some example embodiments, the teachings described herein can be applied to a variety of structures. Any of the principles and advantages discussed herein can be implemented in association with RF circuits configured to process signals in a frequency range from about 30 kHz to 300 GHz, such as in a frequency range from about 410 MHz to 8.5 GHz.
Aspects of this disclosure can be implemented in various electronic devices. Examples of the electronic devices can include, but are not limited to, consumer electronic products, parts of the consumer electronic products such as packaged radio frequency modules and/or acoustic wave filter assemblies, uplink wireless communication devices, wireless communication infrastructure, electronic test equipment, etc. Examples of the electronic devices can include, but are not limited to, a mobile phone such as a smart phone, a wearable computing device such as a smart watch or an ear piece, a telephone, a television, a computer monitor, a computer, a modem, a hand-held computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, an robot such as an industrial robot, an Internet of things (IoT) device, a microwave, a refrigerator, a vehicular electronics system such as an automotive electronics system, a stereo system, a digital music player, a radio, a camera such as a digital camera, a portable memory chip, a networked appliance, washer, a dryer, a washer/dryer, a wrist watch, a clock, etc. Further, the electronic devices can include unfinished products.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, throughout the description and the claims, the words “comprise,” “comprising,” “include,” “including” and the like are to generally be construed in an inclusive sense, as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense; that is to say, in the sense of “including, but not limited to.” Conditional language used herein, such as, among others, “can,” “could,” “might,” “may,” “e.g.,” “for example,” “such as” and the like, unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain embodiments include, while other embodiments do not include, certain features, elements and/or states. The word “coupled”, as generally used herein, refers to two or more elements that may be either directly connected, or connected by way of one or more intermediate elements Likewise, the word “connected”, as generally used herein, refers to two or more elements that may be either directly connected, or connected by way of one or more intermediate elements. Additionally, the words “herein,” “above,” “below,” and words of similar import, when used in this application, shall refer to this application as a whole and not to any particular portions of this application. Where the context permits, words in the above Detailed Description using the singular or plural number may also include the plural or singular number respectively.
While certain embodiments have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Indeed, the novel resonators, devices, modules, apparatus, methods, and systems described herein may be embodied in a variety of other forms. Furthermore, various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form of the resonators, devices, modules, apparatus, methods, and systems described herein may be made without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. For example, while blocks are presented in a given arrangement, alternative embodiments may perform similar functionalities with different components and/or circuit topologies, and some blocks may be deleted, moved, added, subdivided, combined, and/or modified. Each of these blocks may be implemented in a variety of different ways. Any suitable combination of the elements and/or acts of the various embodiments described above can be combined to provide further embodiments. The accompanying claims and their equivalents are intended to cover such forms or modifications as would fall within the scope and spirit of the disclosure.
This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/861,871, filed Jun. 14, 2019 and titled “BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH FLOATING RAISED FRAME,” and also claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/861,873, filed Jun. 14, 2019 and titled “MULTIPLEXER WITH FLOATING RAISED FRAME BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE,” the disclosures of each which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties herein.
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