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- Transformers are used in many types of electronic device to perform such functions as transforming impedances, linking single-ended circuitry with balanced circuitry or vice versa and providing electrical isolation.
- an auto-transformer does not provide electrical isolation.
- Transformers operating at audio and radio frequencies up to VHF are commonly built as coupled primary and secondary windings around a high permeability core. The core contains the magnetic flux and increases the coupling between the windings.
- a transformer operable in this frequency range can also be realized using an optical-coupler.
- An opto-coupler used in this mode is referred to in the art as an opto-isolator.
- the input electrical signal is converted to a different form (i.e., a magnetic flux or photons) that interacts with an appropriate transforming structure (i.e., another winding or a light detector), and is re-constituted as an electrical signal at the output.
- an opto-coupler 1 converts an input electrical signal to photons using a light-emitting diode. The photons pass through an optical fiber or free space that provides isolation. A photodiode illuminated by the photons generates an output electrical signal from the photon stream.
- the output electrical signal is a replica of the input electrical signal
- coil-based transformers become impractical due to such factors as losses in the core, losses in the windings, capacitance between the windings, and a difficulty to make them small enough to prevent wavelength-related problems.
- Transformers for such frequencies are based on quarter-wavelength transmission lines, e.g., Marchand type, series input parallel output connected lines, etc.
- Transformers also exist that are based on micro-machined coupled coils sets and are small enough that wavelength effects are unimportant. However such transformers have issues with high insertion loss. All the transformers just described for use at UHF and microwave frequencies have dimensions that make them less desirable for use in modern miniature, high-density applications such as cellular telephones.
- transformers also tend to be high in cost because they are not capable of being manufactured by a batch process and because they are essentially an off-chip solution. Moreover, although such transformers typically have a bandwidth that is acceptable for use in cellular telephones, they typically have an insertion loss greater than 1 dB, which is too high. Opto-couplers are not used at UHF and microwave frequencies due to the junction capacitance of the input LED, non-linearities inherent in the photodetector and insufficient isolation to give good common mode rejection. What is needed, therefore, is a transformer capable of providing one or more of the following attributes at electrical frequencies in the range from UHF to microwave: impedance transformation, coupling between balanced and unbalanced circuits and electrical isolation.
- the invention provides a film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) having a decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) that comprises a lower film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), an upper FBAR stacked on the lower FBAR, and, between the FBARs, an acoustic decoupler comprising a layer of acoustic decoupling material.
- FACT film acoustically-coupled transformer
- DSBAR decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- FBAR film bulk acous
- Each of the FBARs comprises opposed planar electrodes and a piezoelectric element between the electrodes.
- the FACT additionally comprises first terminals electrically connected to the electrodes of one of the FBARs and second terminals electrically connected to the electrodes of the other of the FBARs.
- An FACT in accordance with this aspect of the invention has a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio, is capable of linking single-ended circuitry with balanced circuitry or vice versa and provides electrical isolation between primary and secondary.
- the invention provides a film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) comprising decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonators (DSBARs).
- Each of the DSBARs comprises a lower film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), an upper FBAR stacked on the lower FBAR, and, between the FBARs, an acoustic decoupler comprising a layer of acoustic decoupling material.
- Each FBAR comprises opposed planar electrodes and a piezoelectric element between the electrodes.
- the FACT additionally comprises a first electrical circuit interconnecting the lower FBARs and a second electrical circuit interconnecting the upper FBARs. All embodiments of a FACT in accordance with this aspect of the invention are capable of linking single-ended circuitry with balanced circuitry or vice versa, and provides electrical isolation between primary and secondary.
- Some embodiments of the FACT in accordance with this aspect of the invention are inherently electrically balanced and have a higher common-mode rejection ratio than the above-described embodiment having the single DSBAR.
- the first electrical circuit electrically connects one of the FBARs of the first DSBAR either in anti-parallel or in series with one of the FBARs of the second DSBAR
- the second electrical circuit electrically connects the other of the FBARs of the first DSBAR either in anti-parallel or in series with the other of the FBARs of the second DSBAR.
- An embodiment of the FACT in which the first electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in anti-parallel and the second electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in anti-parallel has a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio between the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit and vice versa.
- An embodiment in which the first electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in series and the second electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in series also has a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio between the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit and vice versa.
- the impedances are higher than the embodiment in which the FBARs are connected in anti-parallel.
- An embodiment of the FACT in which the first electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in anti-parallel and the second electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in series has a 1 :4 impedance transformation ratio between the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit and a 4:1 impedance transformation ratio between the second electrical circuit and the first electrical circuit.
- An embodiment of the FACT in which the first electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in series and the second electrical circuit connects the respective FBARs in anti-parallel has a 4:1 impedance transformation ratio between the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit and a 1 :4 impedance transformation ratio between the second electrical circuit and the first electrical circuit.
- the FACT in accordance with the invention are electrically unbalanced and can be used in applications in which a high common-mode rejection ratio is less important.
- the first electrical circuit electrically connects one of the FBARs of the first DSBAR either in parallel or in anti-series with one of the FBARs of the second DSBAR
- the second electrical circuit electrically connects the other of the FBARs of the first DSBAR either in parallel or in anti-series with the other of the FBARs of the second DSBAR.
- the invention provides a film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) comprising a decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR).
- the DSBAR comprises a lower film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), an upper FBAR stacked on the lower FBAR, and an acoustic decoupler comprising a layer of acoustic decoupling material having an acoustic impedance of about 2 Mrayl.
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- acoustic decoupler comprising a layer of acoustic decoupling material having an acoustic impedance of about 2 Mrayl.
- Each of the FBARs comprises opposed planar electrodes and a piezoelectric element between the electrodes.
- the FACT additionally comprises first terminals electrically connected to the electrodes of the lower FBAR and second terminals electrically connected to the electrodes of the upper FBAR.
- Figure 1 A is a plan view of an example of a first embodiment of a film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) in accordance with the invention
- Figures 1 B and 1 C are cross-sectional views of the FACT along section lines 1 B-1 B and 1 C-1 C, respectively, in Figure 1 A.
- Figure 1 D is an enlarged cross-sectional view of part of the FACT shown in Figure 1 A along the section line 1 B- 1 B showing an embodiment of the acoustic decoupler in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 1 E is an enlarged cross-sectional view of part of the FACT shown in Figure 1 A along the section line 1 B-1 B showing an alternative embodiment of the acoustic decoupler.
- Figure 2 a graph showing how the calculated frequency response of embodiments of the FACT shown in Figures
- FIG. 1 A-1 C depends on the acoustic impedance of the acoustic decoupling material.
- Figure 3A is a plan view of an example of a second embodiment of a FACT in accordance with the invention
- Figures 3B and 3C are cross-sectional views of the FACT along section lines 3B-3B and 3C-3C, respectively, in Figure 1 A.
- Figures 4A through 4D are schematic drawings showing the electrical circuits of electrically balanced embodiments of the FACT shown in Figures 3A-3C.
- Figures 4E through 4H are schematic drawings showing the electrical circuits of electrically unbalanced embodiments of the FACT shown in Figures 3A-3C.
- Figures 5A-5J are plan views illustrating a process for making a FACT in accordance with the invention.
- Figures 5K-5S are cross-sectional views along the section lines 5K-5K, 5L-5L, 5M-5M, 5N-5N, 50-50, 5P-5P, 5Q-
- FIGS. 1A, 1 B and 1 C show a plan view and two cross-sectional views, respectively, of a first embodiment 100 of a film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) in accordance with the invention.
- FACT 100 has a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio, is capable of linking single-ended circuitry with balanced circuitry or vice versa and provides electrical isolation between primary and secondary.
- FACT 100 is composed of a decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) 106, first terminals 132 and 134 and second terminals 136 and 1 38.
- DSBAR decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator
- DSBAR 106 is composed of a stacked pair of film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) 110 and 120 and an acoustic decoupler 130 between them.
- FBAR 120 is stacked atop FBAR 110.
- FBAR 110 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 112 and 114 and a layer of piezoelectric material 116 between the electrodes.
- FBAR 120 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 122 and 124 and a layer of piezoelectric material 126 between the electrodes.
- Acoustic decoupler 130 is located between electrode 114 of FBAR 110 and electrode 122 of FBAR 120. The acoustic decoupler controls the coupling of acoustic energy between FBARs 110 and 120.
- first terminals 132 and 134 are structured as bonding pads electrically connected by electrical traces 133 and 1 35, respectively, to electrodes 112 and 114, respectively, of FBAR 110.
- second terminals 136 and 138 are structured as bonding pads electrically connected by electrical traces 137 and 139, respectively, to electrodes 122 and 124, respectively, of FBAR 120.
- first terminals 132 and 134 constitute the primary terminals and the second terminals 136 and 138 constitute the secondary terminals of FACT 100.
- first terminals 132 and 134 constitute the secondary terminals and second terminals 136 and 138 constitute the primary terminals of FACT 100.
- DSBAR 106 is suspended over a cavity 104 defined in a substrate 102. Suspending the DSBAR over a cavity allows the FBARs of the DSBAR to resonate mechanically. Other suspension schemes that allow the FBARs to resonate mechanically are possible.
- the DSBAR can be located over a mismatched acoustic
- Bragg reflector (not shown) formed in or on substrate 102, as disclosed by Lakin in United States patent no. 6,107,721.
- FBARs are disclosed by Ruby et al. in United States patent no. 5,587,620 entitled Tunable Thin Film Acoustic
- Ruby's disclosure also discloses a stacked film bulk acoustic resonator (SBAR) composed of two layers of piezoelectric material interleaved with three planar electrodes.
- Ruby's SBAR can be regarded as being composed of a stacked pair of FBARs in which one electrode is common to both FBARs, and will be referred to herein as a common-electrode SBAR.
- the common electrode renders the common-electrode SBAR incapable of linking balanced to unbalanced circuits and vice versa and of providing electrical isolation between primary and secondary.
- the common electrode SBAR exhibits an extremely narrow pass bandwidth that makes it unsuitable for use in most applications.
- FACT 100 in accordance with the invention comprises a stacked pair of film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) 110 and 120 and acoustic decoupler 130 between FBARs 110 and 120.
- FBARs film bulk acoustic resonators
- a structure composed of a stacked pair of FBARs and an acoustic decoupler between the FBARs is referred to herein as a decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) to distinguish it from the above-described conventional common-electrode SBAR in which the FBARs directly contact one another.
- DSBAR decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator
- acoustic decoupler 130 controls the coupling of acoustic energy between stacked FBARs 110 and 120 and additionally electrically isolates FBAR 110 from FBAR 120.
- the electrical isolation provided by acoustic decoupler 130 enables FACT 100 to link balanced to unbalanced circuits and vice versa and provides electrical isolation between primary and secondary.
- the acoustic coupling provided by acoustic decoupler 130 is substantially less than the acoustic coupling between the FBARs in the common-electrode SBAR referred to above.
- FBARs 1 10 and 120 are not over coupled, and FACT 100 has a relatively flat response in the pass band, as will be described below with reference to Figure 2.
- the embodiment of the acoustic decoupler 130 shown in Figures 1A-1 C is a first embodiment composed of layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material located between the electrodes 114 and 122 of FBARs 110 and 120, respectively.
- Figure 1 D is an enlarged view showing this first embodiment of the acoustic decoupler in more detail.
- Important properties of the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 that constitutes acoustic decoupler 130 are an acoustic impedance less than that of the materials of FBARs 110, 120, a high electrical resistivity, a low dielectric permittivity and a nominal thickness that is an odd integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 100.
- the acoustic decoupling material of acoustic decoupler 130 has an acoustic impedance less that of the materials of FBARs 110 and 120 and substantially greater than that of air.
- the acoustic impedance of a material is the ratio of stress to particle velocity in the material and is measured in Rayleighs, abbreviated as rayl.
- the materials of the FBARs are typically aluminum nitride (AIN) as the material of piezoelectric layers 116, 126 and molybdenum (Mo) as the material of electrodes 1 12, 114, 122 and 124.
- AIN aluminum nitride
- Mo molybdenum
- the acoustic impedances of the materials of the FBARs are typically greater than 30 Mrayl (35 Mrayl for AIN and 63 Mrayl for Mo) and the acoustic impedance of air is about 1 krayl.
- FIG. 1 is a graph showing how the calculated frequency response of FACT 100 depends on the acoustic impedance of the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 that constitutes the first embodiment of acoustic decoupler 130.
- the embodiment illustrated has a center frequency of about 1 ,900 MHz.
- acoustic decoupler 130 shown in Figures 1 B, 1 C and 1 D is composed of layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material with a nominal thickness equal to one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 100, i.e., t ⁇ ⁇ /4, where t is the thickness of the layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material that constitutes acoustic decoupler 130 and ⁇ note is the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency.
- a thickness of layer 131 within approximately ⁇ 10% of the nominal thickness can alternatively be used.
- the first embodiment of acoustic decoupler 130 shown in Figure 1 D is composed of layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material with a nominal thickness equal to an odd integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 100, i.e., f ⁇ (2m + 1 ) ⁇ J4, where if and ⁇ tune are as defined above and m is an integer equal to or greater than zero.
- a thickness of layer 131 that differs from the nominal thickness by approximately ⁇ 10% of ⁇ personally 4 can alternatively be used. A thickness tolerance outside this range can be used with some degradation in performance, but the thickness of layer 131 should differ significantly from an integral multiple of ⁇ J2.
- embodiments of acoustic decoupler 130 in which layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material is an odd integral multiple greater than unity of one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency typically have frequency responses that exhibit spurious response artifacts due to the ability of such thicker layer to support multiple acoustic modes.
- plastic materials have acoustic impedances in the range stated above and can be applied in layers of uniform thickness in the thickness ranges stated above. Such plastic materials are therefore potentially suitable for use as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 of acoustic decoupler 130.
- the acoustic decoupling material must also be capable of withstanding the temperatures of the fabrication operations performed after layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material has been deposited on electrode 114 to form acoustic decoupler 130.
- electrodes 122 and 124 and piezoelectric layer 126 are deposited by sputtering after layer 131 has been deposited.
- a plastic that remains stable at such temperatures is used as the acoustic decoupling material.
- Plastic materials typically have a very high acoustical attenuation per unit length compared with the other materials of FBARs 110 and 120.
- the above-described embodiment of acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of plastic acoustic decoupling material typically of the order of 1 ⁇ m thick, the acoustic attenuation introduced by layer 131 is typically negligible.
- a polyimide is used as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131. Polyimide is sold under the trademark Kapton® by E. I.
- acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of polyimide applied to electrode 1 14 by spin coating. Polyimide has an acoustic impedance of about 4 Mrayl.
- a poly(para-xylylene) is used as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131.
- acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of poly(para-xylylene) applied to electrode 114 by vacuum deposition.
- Poly(para-xylylene) is also known in the art as parylene. The dimer precursor di-para-xylylene from which parylene is made and equipment for performing vacuum deposition of layers of parylene are available from many suppliers. Parylene has an acoustic impedance of about 2.8 Mrayl.
- a crosslinked polyphenylene polymer is used as the acoustic decoupling material of layer
- acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of a crosslinked polyphenylene polymer applied by spin coating.
- Crosslinked polyphenylene polymers have been developed as low dielectric constant dielectric materials for use in integrated circuits and consequently remain stable at the high temperatures to which acoustic decoupler 130 is subject during the subsequent fabrication of FBAR 120.
- the inventors have discovered that crosslinked polyphenylene polymers additionally have a calculated acoustic impedance of about 2 Mrayl. This acoustic impedance is in the range of acoustic impedances that provides FACT 100 with a useful pass bandwidth.
- Precursor solutions containing various oligomers that polymerize to form respective crosslinked polyphenylene polymers are sold by The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Ml, under the trademark SiLK.
- the precursor solutions are applied by spin coating.
- the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer obtained from one of these precursor solutions designated SiLKTM J, which additionally contains an adhesion promoter, has a calculated acoustic impedance of 2.1 Mrayl, i.e., about 2 Mrayl.
- the oligomers that polymerize to form crosslinked polyphenylene polymers are prepared from biscyclopentadienone- and aromatic acetylene-containing monomers. Using such monomers forms soluble oligomers without the need for undue substitution.
- the precursor solution contains a specific oligomer dissolved in gamma- butyrolactone and cyclohexanone solvents.
- the percentage of the oligomer in the precursor solution determines the layer thickness when the precursor solution is spun on.
- the biscyclopentadienones react with the acetylenes in a 4+2 cycloaddition reaction that forms a new aromatic ring. Further curing results in the cross-linked polyphenylene polymer.
- the above-described crosslinked polyphenylene polymers are disclosed by Godschalx et al. in United States patent no. 5,965,679,.
- crosslinked polyphenylene polymers have a lower acoustic impedance, a lower acoustic attenuation and a lower dielectric constant.
- a spun-on layer of the precursor solution is capable of producing a high-quality film of the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer with a thickness of the order of 200 nm, which is a typical thickness of acoustic decoupler 130.
- the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 constituting acoustic decoupler 130 has an acoustic impedance substantially greater than the materials of FBARs 110 and 120. No materials having this property are known at this time, but such materials may become available in future, or lower acoustic impedance FBAR materials may become available in future.
- the thickness of layer 131 of such high acoustic impedance acoustic decoupling material is as described above.
- Figure 1 E is an enlarged view of part of FACT100 showing a second embodiment of acoustic decoupler 130 that incorporates a Bragg structure 161.
- Bragg structure 161 is composed of a low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 sandwiched between high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167.
- Low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 is a layer of a low acoustic impedance material whereas high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 are each a layer of high acoustic impedance material.
- the acoustic impedances of the Bragg elements are characterized as "low” and "high” with respect to one another and additionally with respect to the acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric material of layers 116 and 126.
- At least one of the Bragg elements additionally has a high electrical resistivity and a low dielectric permittivity to provide electrical isolation between input and output of FACT 100.
- Each of the layers constituting Bragg elements 161 , 163 and 165 has a nominal thickness equal to an odd integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the material the layer of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 10O. Layers that differ from the nominal thickness by approximately ⁇ 10% of one quarter of the wavelength can alternatively be used. A thickness tolerance outside this range can be used with some degradation in performance, but the thickness of the layers should differ significantly from an integral multiple of one- half of the wavelength.
- low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 is a layer of silicon dioxide (Si0 2 ), which has an acoustic impedance of about 13 Mrayl
- each of the high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 is a layer of the same material as electrodes 114 and 122, respectively, i.e., molybdenum, which has an acoustic impedance of about 63 Mrayl.
- high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 and electrodes 114 and 122, respectively, of FBARs 110 and 120, respectively allows high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 additionally to serve as electrodes 114 and 122, respectively.
- high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 have a nominal thickness equal to one quarter of the wavelength in molybdenum of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 100, and low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 had a nominal thickness equal to three quarters of the wavelength in Si0 2 of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency.
- Bragg structure 161 may be composed of more than one (e.g., n) low acoustic impedance Bragg element interleaved with a corresponding number (i.e., n + 1 ) of high acoustic impedance Bragg elements.
- the Bragg structure may be composed of two low acoustic impedance Bragg element interleaved with three high acoustic impedance Bragg elements.
- Wafer-scale fabrication is used to fabricate FACTs similar to FACT 100 thousands at a time. Wafer-scale fabrication makes each FACT inexpensive to fabricate.
- FACT 100 can be made using a fabrication method similar to that to be described below with reference to Figures 5A-5T. Accordingly, a method of fabricating FACT 100 will not be separately described.
- first terminals 132 and 134 electrically connected to electrodes 112 and 114, respectively, as shown in Figures 1A and 1 B and electrical connections are additionally made to second terminals 136 and 138 electrically connected to electrodes 122 and 124, respectively, as shown in Figures 1 A and 1 C.
- the electrical connections to first terminals 132 and 134 provide electrical connections to the primary of FACT 100 and the electrical connections to second terminals 136 and 138 provide electrical connections to the secondary of FACT 100.
- the electrical connections to second terminals 136 and 138 provide electrical connections to the primary of FACT 100 and the electrical connections to first terminals 132 and 134 provide electrical connections to the secondary of FACT 100.
- an input electrical signal applied to first terminals 132 and 134 which constitute the primary terminals of FACT 100, establishes a voltage difference between electrodes 112 and 114 of FBAR 110.
- the voltage difference between electrodes 112 and 1 14 mechanically deforms FBAR 110 at the frequency of the input electrical signal.
- acoustic decoupler 130 couples all or part of the acoustic energy resulting from the mechanical deformation of FBAR 110 to FBAR 120.
- the acoustic energy received from FBAR 110 mechanically deforms FBAR 120 at the frequency of the input electrical signal.
- FBAR 120 The mechanical deformation of FBAR 120 generates a voltage difference between electrodes 122 and 124 at the frequency of the input electrical signal.
- the voltage difference is output at second terminals 136 and 138, which constitute the secondary terminals of FACT 100, as an output electrical signal.
- Piezoelectricity is a linear effect, so the amplitude and phase of the input electrical signal applied to the first terminals is preserved in the output electrical signal output at the second terminals.
- An embodiment of FACT 100 in which second terminals 136 and 138 constitute the primary terminals and first terminals 132 and 134 constitute the secondary terminals operates similarly, except acoustic energy propagates through acoustic decoupler 130 from FBAR 120 to FBAR 110.
- FACT 100 provides a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio, is capable of linking single-ended circuitry with balanced circuitry or vice versa and provides electrical isolation between primary and secondary.
- the capacitance between electrode 112 and substrate 102 differs from that between electrode 114 and the substrate.
- FACT 100 is not perfectly balanced electrically and can have an insufficient common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) for certain applications.
- Figures 3A-3C show a plan view and two cross-sectional views, respectively, of a second embodiment 200 of a film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) in accordance with the invention.
- FACT 200 is capable of linking single- ended circuitry with balanced circuitry or vice versa, provides electrical isolation between primary and secondary.
- FACT 200 Some embodiments of FACT 200 are electrically balanced, and therefore have a high common-mode rejection ratio: other embodiments are electrically unbalanced and have a lower common-mode rejection ratio.
- FACT 200 has an impedance transformation ratio of 1 :1 , 1 :4 or 4:1 depending on the configurations of the electrical circuits that form part of the FACT.
- FACT 200 is composed of two decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonators (DSBARs) 206 and 208. Each DSBAR is composed of a stacked pair of film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) and an acoustic decoupler between the FBARs.
- FBARs film bulk acoustic resonators
- FACT 200 is additionally composed of an electrical circuit that connects one of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 to one of the FBARs of DSBAR 208, and an electrical circuit that connects the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 to the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 208.
- DSBAR 206 is composed of a stacked pair of FBARs 210 and 220 and an acoustic decoupler 230 between them.
- DSBAR 208 is composed of a stacked pair of FBARs 250 and 260 and an acoustic decoupler 270 between them.
- FBAR 220 is stacked atop FBAR 210 and FBAR 260 is stacked atop FBAR 250.
- FBAR 210 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 212 and 214 and a layer of piezoelectric material 216 between the electrodes.
- FBAR 220 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 222 and 224 and a layer of piezoelectric material 226 between the electrodes.
- FBAR 250 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 252 and 254 and a layer of piezoelectric material 256 between the electrodes.
- FBAR 260 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 262 and 264 and a layer of piezoelectric material 266 between the electrodes.
- an electrical circuit connects one of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 to one of the FBARs of DSBAR 208, and an electrical circuit connects the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 to the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 206.
- Each electrical circuit electrically connects the respective FBARs in any one of a parallel, a series, an anti-parallel and an anti-series configuration. Of the sixteen possible combinations of the parallel, series, anti-parallel and anti-series electrical circuit configurations, only eight produce a working FACT.
- the combination of electrical circuit configurations connecting the FBARs determines whether the FACT is electrically balanced (high common-mode rejection ratio) or electrically unbalanced, and determines the impedance transformation ratio of the FACT, i.e., 1 :1, 1 :4 or 4:1.
- the possible combinations of electrical circuit configurations are summarized in Table 1 below:
- the row captions indicate the configuration of one of the electrical circuits, e.g., electrical circuit 245 described below with reference to Figure 4C
- the column captions indicate the configuration of the omer of the electrical circuits, e.g., electrical circuit 246 described with reference to Figure 4C
- B denotes that the FACT is electrically balanced
- U denotes that the FACT is unbalanced
- X denotes a non-functioning FACT.
- the impedance transformation ratio shown is the impedance transformation from electrical terminals connected to the electrical circuit indicated by the row caption to electrical terminals connected to the electrical circuit indicated by the column caption.
- the electrical circuits shown in Table 1 are subject to the constraint that an electrical circuit may only connect the electrodes of FBARs at the same level as one another in DSBARs 206 and 208, i.e., one of the electrical circuits may only connect the electrodes of FBARs 210 and 250 and the other of the electrical circuits may only connect the electrodes of FBARs 220 and 260.
- Table 1 additionally assumes that the c-axes of piezoelectric layers 216, 226, 256 and 266 are all oriented in the same direction.
- More electrical circuits are possible in embodiments not subject to the constraint, e.g., in embodiments in which an electrical circuit is allowed to connect the electrodes of FBARs 210 and 260 and the electrodes of FBARs 220 and 250, and/or the assumption.
- an electrical circuit is allowed to connect the electrodes of FBARs 210 and 260 and the electrodes of FBARs 220 and 250, and/or the assumption.
- the terms anti-parallel, parallel, anti-series and series as applied to the electrical circuits connecting the electrodes of FBARs of different DSBARs will be defined.
- An FBAR is a polarity-dependent device.
- a voltage of a given polarity applied between the electrodes of the FBAR will cause the FBAR to contract mechanically while the same voltage of the opposite polarity will cause the FBAR to expand mechanically by the same amount.
- a mechanical stress applied to the FBAR that causes the FBAR to contract mechanically will generate a voltage of the given polarity between the electrodes of the FBAR whereas a mechanical stress that causes the FBAR to expand mechanically will generate a voltage of the opposite polarity between the electrodes of the FBAR.
- the electrodes of the FBARs that an electrical circuit connects in parallel are at the same level in the respective DSBARs.
- a signal applied to the FBARs connected in parallel produces signals of the same phase across the FBARs.
- the FBARs therefore expand and contract in phase, and generate acoustic energy in phase.
- electrodes of the FBARs that an electrical circuit connects in anti-parallel are at different levels in the respective DSBARs.
- a signal applied to FBARs connected in anti-parallel produces signals of the opposite phases across the FBARs.
- the FBARs therefore expand and contract in antiphase, and generate acoustic energy in antiphase.
- the electrodes of the FBARs that an electrical circuit connects in series are at the same level in the respective DSBARs.
- a signal applied to the FBARs connected in series produces signals of opposite phases across the FBARs.
- the FBARs expand and contract in antiphase, and generate acoustic energy in antiphase.
- the electrodes of the FBARs that an electrical circuit connects in anti-series are at different levels in the respective DSBARs.
- a signal applied to the FBARs connected in anti-series produces signals of the same phase across the FBARs.
- the FBARs expand and contract in phase and generate acoustic energy in phase.
- FBARs receiving acoustic energy that causes them to expand and contract in phase generate signals in phase.
- Connecting FBARs that generate signals in phase in parallel produces a signal level equal to that across the individual FBARs and an impedance of one-half the characteristic impedance of the individual FBARs. Connecting such FBARs in anti-series produces a signal level of twice that across the individual FBARs and an impedance of twice the characteristic impedance of the individual FBARs.
- connecting FBARs that generate signals in phase in anti- parallel or in series causes the signals to cancel.
- FBARs receiving acoustic energy that causes them to expand and contract in antiphase generate signals in antiphase.
- Connecting FBARs that generate signals in antiphase in antiparallel produces a signal equal in level to that across the individual FBARs and an impedance of one-half the characteristic impedance of the individual FBARs. Connecting such FBARs in series produces a signal of twice the level of that across the individual FBARs and an impedance of twice the characteristic impedance of the individual FBARs. However, connecting FBARs that generate signals in antiphase in parallel or in antiseries causes the signals to cancel.
- the FACTs indicated in Table 1 as being non-functional are FACTs in which the FBARs that receive acoustic energy generate signals that cancel.
- Figures 4A and 4B schematically illustrate two configurations of electrical circuits that connect the FBARs 210 and 220 of DSBAR 206 and the FBARs 250 and 260 of DSBAR 208 in anti-parallel or in series, respectively, to form respective electrically-balanced embodiments of a FACT having a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio.
- Figure 4A shows an electrical circuit 241 electrically connecting one of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 in anti-parallel with one of the FBARs of DSBAR 208 and to first terminals F and an electrical circuit 242 electrically connecting the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 in anti-parallel with the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 208 and to second terminals S.
- the electrical circuit 241 electrically connects FBAR 220 of DSBAR 206 in anti-parallel with FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 and to first terminals F
- electrical circuit 242 electrically connects FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 in anti-parallel with FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 and to second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 241 electrically connects electrode 222 of FBAR 220 to electrode 264 of FBAR 260 and to one of the first terminals F and additionally electrically connects electrode 224 of FBAR 220 to electrode 262 of FBAR 260 and to the other of the first terminals F.
- Electrical circuit 242 electrically connects electrode 214 of FBAR 210 to electrode 252 of FBAR 250 and to one of the second terminals S and additionally electrically connects electrode 212 of FBAR 210 to electrode 254 of FBAR 250 and to the other of the second terminals S.
- Electrical circuit 241 electrically connects FBARs 220 and 260 in anti-parallel so that an input electrical signal applied to the first terminals F is applied equally but in antiphase to FBARs 220 and 260.
- Electrical circuit 241 electrically connects FBARs 220 and 260 in anti-parallel in the sense that an electrical signal applied to first terminals F that causes FBAR 220 to contract mechanically additionally causes FBAR 260 to expand mechanically by the same amount, and vice versa.
- the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 260 is therefore in antiphase with the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 220. Consequently, the acoustic energy received by FBAR 250 from FBAR 260 is in antiphase with the acoustic energy received by FBAR 210 from FBAR 220, and the signal between electrodes 214 and 212 is in antiphase with the signal between electrodes 254 and 252.
- Electrical circuit 242 connects FBARs 210 and 250 in anti- parallel, so that the signal output to the second terminals S is in phase with the signal between electrodes 214 and 212 and also with the signal between electrodes 254 and 252.
- the signal between second terminals S is the same as the signal across either of FBARs 210 and 250.
- Each first terminal has connected to it one electrode closer to the substrate and one electrode further from the substrate.
- one first terminal has electrode 222 closer to the substrate and electrode 264 further from the substrate connected to it and the other first terminal has electrode 262 closer to the substrate and electrode 224 further from the substrate connected to it.
- substantially the same capacitance exists between each of the second terminals S and substrate 202.
- Each second terminal has connected to it one electrode closer to the substrate and one electrode further from the substrate.
- one second terminal has electrode 212 closer to the substrate and electrode 254 further from the substrate connected to it and the other second terminal has electrode 252 closer to the substrate and electrode 214 further from the substrate connected to it.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4A is electrically balanced and, as a result, has a common-mode rejection ratio sufficiently high for many more applications than the FACT 100 described above with reference to Figures 1 A-1 C.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4A has a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio.
- First terminals F may serve as the primary terminals or the secondary terminals of the FACT and second terminals P may serve as the secondary terminals or the primary terminals, respectively, of the FACT.
- An input electrical signal applied to the primary terminals is output at substantially the same level at the secondary terminals.
- the impedance seen at the primary terminals and at the secondary terminals is that of two FBARs in parallel, i.e., one half of the typical characteristic impedance of a single FBAR.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4A is suitable for use in relatively low characteristic impedance applications.
- Figure 4B schematically shows an electrical circuit 243 electrically connecting one of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 and one of the FBARs of DSBAR 208 in series between first terminals F and an electrical circuit 244 electrically connecting the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 and the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 208 in series between second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 243 electrically connects FBAR 220 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 in series between first terminals F
- electrical circuit 244 electrically connects FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 in series between second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 243 electrically connects electrode 222 of FBAR 220 to electrode 262 of FBAR 260 and additionally electrically connects electrode 224 of FBAR 220 to one of the first terminals F and electrically connects electrode 264 of FBAR 260 to the other of the first terminals F.
- electrical circuit 243 electrically connects electrode 224 of FBAR 220 to electrode 264 of FBAR 260 and additionally electrically connects electrode 222 of FBAR 220 and electrode 262 of FBAR 260 to first terminals F.
- Electrical circuit 244 electrically connects electrode 212 of FBAR 210 to electrode 252 of FBAR 250 and additionally electrically connects electrode 214 of FBAR 210 to one of the second terminals S and additionally electrically connects electrode 254 of FBAR 250 to the other of the second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 244 electrically connects electrode 214 of FBAR 210 to electrode 254 of FBAR 250 and additionally electrically connects electrode 212 of FBAR 210 and electrode 252 of FBAR 250 to second terminals S.
- Electrical circuit 243 electrically connecting FBARs 220 and 260 in series divides an input electrical signal applied to the first terminals F approximately equally between FBARs 220 and 260.
- FBARs 220 and 260 are connected in series in the sense that an electrical signal applied to first terminals F that causes FBAR 220 to contract mechanically causes FBAR 260 to expand mechanically by the same amount, and vice versa.
- the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 260 is therefore in antiphase with the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 220.
- the acoustic energy received by FBAR 250 from FBAR 260 is in antiphase with the acoustic energy received by FBAR 210 from FBAR 220 and the signal on electrode 254 is in antiphase with the signal on electrode 214.
- Electrical circuit 244 electrically connects FBARs 210 and 250 in series so that the signal at second terminals S is twice the signal across either of FBARs 210 and 250. Substantially the same capacitance exists between each of the first terminals F and substrate 202. Electrodes 224 and 264 connected to the first terminals are at the same distance from the substrate. Moreover, substantially the same capacitance exists between each of the second terminals S and substrate 202. Electrodes 214 and 254 connected to the second terminals are at the same distance from the substrate.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4B is electrically balanced and, as a result, has a common-mode rejection ratio sufficiently high for many more applications than the FACT 100 described above with reference to Figures 1 A-1 C.
- FACT 200 shown in Figure 4B has a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio.
- First terminals F may serve as the primary terminals or the secondary terminals of the FACT and second terminals P may serve as the secondary terminals or the primary terminals, respectively, of the FACT.
- An input electrical signal applied to the primary terminals is output at substantially the same level at the secondary terminals.
- the impedance seen at the primary terminals and at the secondary terminals is that of two FBARs in series, i.e., twice the typical characteristic impedance of a single FBAR.
- FIG. 4B schematically illustrate two configurations of electrical circuits that connect the FBARs 210 and 220 of DSBAR 206 and the FBARs 250 and 260 of DSBAR 208 in anti-parallel and in series to form respective embodiments of a FACT having a 1 :4 or 4:1 impedance transformation ratio.
- Figure 4C shows an electrical circuit 245 electrically connecting one of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 in anti-parallel with one of the FBARs of DSBAR 208 and to first terminals F and an electrical circuit 246 electrically connecting the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 206 and the other of the FBARs of DSBAR 208 in series between second terminals S.
- the electrical circuit 245 electrically connects FBAR 220 of DSBAR 206 in anti-parallel with FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 and to first terminals P, and electrical circuit 246 electrically connects FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 in series between second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 245 electrically connects electrode 222 of FBAR 220 to electrode 264 of FBAR 260 and to one of the first terminals F, and additionally electrically connects electrode 224 of FBAR 220 to electrode 262 of FBAR 260 and to the other of the first terminals F.
- Electrical circuit 246 electrically connects electrode 214 of FBAR 210 to electrode 254 of FBAR 250 and additionally electrically connects electrode 212 of FBAR 210 to one of the second terminals S and electrode 252 of FBAR 250 to the other of the second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 246 electrically connects electrode 212 of FBAR 21 O to electrode 252 of FBAR 250 and additionally electrically connects electrode 214 of FBAR 210 and electrode 254 of FBAR 250 to second terminals S.
- Electrical circuit 245 electrically connects FBARs 220 and 260 in anti-parallel so that an input electrical signal applied to the first terminals F is applied equally but in antiphase to FBARs 220 and 260.
- Electrical circuit 245 electrically connects FBARs 220 and 260 in anti-parallel in the sense that an electrical signal applied to first terminals F that causes FBAR 220 to contract mechanically additionally causes FBAR 260 to expand mechanically by the same amount, and vice versa.
- the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 260 is therefore in antiphase with the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 220. Consequently, the acoustic energy received by FBAR 250 from FBAR 260 is in antiphase with the acoustic energy received by FBAR 210 from FBAR 220, and the signal on electrode 252 is in antiphase with the signal on electrode 212.
- Electrical circuit 246 connects FBARs 210 and 250 in series so that the voltage difference between second terminals S is twice the voltage across either of FBARs 210 and 250. Substantially the same capacitance exists between each of the first terminals F and substrate 202. Each first terminal has connected to it one electrode closer to the substrate and one electrode further from the substrate. In the example shown, one first terminal has electrode 222 closer to the substrate and electrode 264 further from the substrate connected to it and the other first terminal has electrode 262 closer to the substrate and electrode 224 further from the substrate connected to it. Moreover, substantially the same capacitance exists between each of the second terminals S and substrate 202. Electrodes 212 and 252 connected to the second terminals are at the same distance from the substrate.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4C is electrically balanced and, as a result, has a common-mode rejection ratio sufficiently high for many more applications than the FACT 100 described above with reference to Figures 1 A-1 C.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4C is a step-up FACT when first terminals F serve as primary terminals and second terminals S serve as secondary terminals. A signal applied to the primary terminals is output at twice the level at the secondary terminals.
- the impedance seen at the primary terminals is that of two FBARs in parallel, i.e., one half of the typical characteristic impedance of a single FBAR, whereas the impedance seen at the secondary terminals is that of two FBARs in series, i.e., twice the typical characteristic impedance of a single FBAR.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 illustrated in Figure 4C has a 1 :4 primary-to-secondary impedance ratio.
- FACT 200 shown in Figure 4C is a step-down FACT when first terminals F serve as secondary terminals and second terminals S serve as primary terminals.
- the signal output at the secondary terminals is one-half the level of the input electrical signal applied to the primary terminals, and the primary-to-secondary impedance ratio is 4:1.
- Figure 4D schematically shows an electrical circuit 247 electrically connecting FBAR 220 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 in series between first terminals F, and an electrical circuit 248 electrically connecting FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 in anti-parallel and to second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 247 electrically connects electrode 222 of FBAR 220 to electrode 262 of FBAR 260 and additionally electrically connects electrode 224 of FBAR 220 and electrode 264 of FBAR 260 to first terminals F.
- Electrical circuit 248 electrically connects electrode 212 of FBAR 210 to electrode 254 of FBAR 250 and to one of the second terminals S, and additionally electrically connects electrode 214 of FBAR 210 to electrode 252 of FBAR 250 and to the other of the second terminals S.
- electrical circuit 247 electrically connects electrode 224 of FBAR 220 to electrode 264 of FBAR 260 and additionally electrically connects electrode 222 of FBAR 220 and electrode 262 of FBAR 260 to first terminals F.
- Electrical circuit 247 electrically connecting FBARs 220 and 260 in series divides an input electrical signal applied to the first terminals F approximately equally between FBARs 220 and 260.
- FBARs 220 and 260 are connected in series in the sense that an electrical signal applied to first terminals F that causes FBAR 220 to contract mechanically causes FBAR 260 to expand mechanically by the same amount, and vice versa.
- the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 260 is therefore in antiphase with the acoustic energy generated by FBAR 220.
- the acoustic energy received by FBAR 250 from FBAR 260 is in antiphase with the acoustic energy received by FBAR 210 from FBAR 220 and the voltage between electrodes 252 and 254 is in antiphase with the voltage between electrodes 212 and 214.
- Electrical circuit 248 electrically connects FBARs 210 and 250 in anti-parallel, so that the signal output at the second terminals S is in phase with the signal across electrodes 214 and 212 and also with the signal across electrodes 254 and 252.
- the signal at second terminals S is equal in level to the signal across either of FBARs 210 and 250, and is equal to one-half the level of the input electrical signal applied to first terminals F.
- Substantially the same capacitance exists between each of the first terminals F and substrate 202. Electrodes 224 and 264 connected to the first terminals are the at same distance from the substrate.
- substantially the same capacitance exists between each of the second terminals S and substrate 202.
- Each second terminal has connected to it one electrode closer to the substrate and one electrode further from the substrate.
- one second terminal has electrode 212 closer to the substrate and electrode 254 further from the substrate connected to it and the other second terminal has electrode 252 closer to the substrate and electrode 214 further from the substrate connected to it.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4D is electrically balanced and, as a result, has a common-mode rejection ratio sufficiently high for many more applications than the FACT 100 described above with reference to Figures 1A-1 C.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4D is a step-down FACT when first terminals F serve as primary terminals and second terminals S serve as secondary terminals.
- the signal level output at the secondary terminals is one-half that of the input electrical signal applied to the primary terminals.
- the impedance seen at the primary terminals is that of two FBARs in series, i.e., twice the typical characteristic impedance of a single FBAR, whereas the impedance seen at the secondary terminals is that of two FBARs in parallel, i.e., one-half of the typical characteristic impedance of a single FBAR.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 illustrated in Figure 4D has a 4:1 primary-to- secondary impedance ratio.
- the embodiment of FACT 200 shown in Figure 4D is a step-up FACT when first terminals F serve as secondary terminals and second terminals S serve as primary terminals.
- the signal level output at the secondary terminals is twice that of the input electrical signal applied to the primary terminals, and the primary-to-secondary impedance ratio is 1 :4.
- Figure 4E shows an embodiment of a FACT with a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio in which an electrical circuit 341 connects FBAR 220 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 in parallel and to first terminals F, and an electrical circuit 342 electrically connects FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 in parallel and to second terminals S.
- Figure 4F shows an embodiment of a FACT with a 1 :1 impedance transformation ratio in which an electrical circuit 343 connects FBAR 220 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 in anti-series between first terminals F, and an electrical circuit 344 connects FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 in anti-series between second terminals S.
- Figure 4G shows an embodiment of a FACT in which an electrical circuit 345 electrically connects FBAR 220 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 in parallel and to first terminals F, and an electrical circuit 346 electrically connects FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 in anti-series between second terminals S.
- This embodiment has a 1 :4 impedance transformation ratio when first terminals F serve as primary terminals and second terminals S serve as secondary terminals, or a 4:1 impedance transformation ratio when second terminals S serve as the primary terminals and first terminals F serve as the secondary terminals.
- Figure 4H shows an embodiment of a FACT in which electrical circuit 347 electrically connects FBAR 220 of
- DSBAR 206 and FBAR 260 of DSBAR 208 in anti-series between first terminals F
- an electrical circuit 348 electrically connects FBAR 210 of DSBAR 206 and FBAR 250 of DSBAR 208 in parallel and to second terminals S.
- This embodiment has a 4:1 impedance transformation ratio when first terminals F serve as primary terminals and second terminals S serve as secondary terminals, or a 1 :4 impedance transformation ratio when second terminals S serve as the primary terminals and first terminals F serve as the secondary terminals.
- the electrical configuration of the embodiment of the FACT 200 shown in Figures 3A-3C is similar to that shown in Figure 4C.
- a bonding pad 282 and a bonding pad 284 constitute the first terminals of FACT 200.
- An interconnection pad 236, an electrical trace 237 extending from electrode 222 to interconnection pad 236 ( Figure 5G), an interconnection pad 278 in electrical contact with interconnection pad 236 and an electrical trace 279 extending from electrode 264 to interconnection pad 278 constitute the part of electrical circuit 245 ( Figure 4C) that electrically connects electrode 222 of FBAR 220 to electrode 264 of FBAR 260.
- An interconnection pad 238, an electrical trace 239 extending from electrode 224 to interconnection pad 238, an interconnection pad 276 in electrical contact with interconnection pad 238 and an electrical trace 277 extending from electrode 262 to interconnection pad 276 constitute the part of electrical circuit 245 ( Figure 4C) that electrically connects electrode 224 of FBAR 220 to electrode 262 of FBAR 260.
- An electrical trace 283 that extends between electrode 222 and bonding pad 282 and an electrical trace 285 that extends between electrode 264 and bonding pad 284 (Figure 5G) constitute the part of electrical circuit 245 that connects FBARs 220 and 260 connected in anti-parallel to the first terminals provided by bonding pads 282 and 284.
- bonding pads 282 and 284 and traces 283 and 285 are omitted and interconnection pads 238 and 278 are configured as bonding pads and provide the first terminals of FACT 200.
- Bonding pad 232 and bonding pad 272 constitute the second terminals of FACT 200.
- An electrical trace 235 that extends between electrode 214 and electrode 254 ( Figure 5E) constitutes the part of electrical circuit 246 ( Figure 4C) that connects FBAR 210 and FBAR 250 in series.
- An electrical trace 233 that extends between electrode 212 and bonding pad 232 and an electrical trace 273 that extends between electrode 252 and bonding pad 272 constitutes the part of electrical circuit 246 that connects FBAR 210 and FBAR 250 to the second terminals provided by bonding pads 232 and 272.
- acoustic decoupler 230 is located between FBARs 210 and 220, specifically, between electrodes 214 and 222. Acoustic decoupler 230 controls the coupling of acoustic energy between FBARs 210 and 220.
- acoustic decoupler 270 is located between FBARs 250 and 260, specifically, between electrodes 254 and 262.
- Acoustic decoupler 270 controls the coupling of acoustic energy between FBARs 250 and 260.
- Acoustic decoupler 230 couples less acoustic energy between the FBARs 210 and 220 than would be coupled if the FBARs were in direct contact with one another.
- Acoustic decoupler 270 couples less acoustic energy between the FBARs 250 and 260 than would be coupled if the FBARs were in direct contact with one another.
- the coupling of acoustic energy defined by acoustic decouplers 230 and 270 determines the pass bandwidth of FACT 200.
- acoustic decouplers 230 and 270 are respective parts of a layer 231 of acoustic decoupling material.
- Important properties of the acoustic decoupling material of layer 231 are an acoustic impedance less than that of FBARs 210, 220, 250 and 260, a nominal thickness that is an odd integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of the FACT 2DO, and a high electrical resistivity and low dielectric permittivity to provide electrical isolation between the primary and secondary of the FACT.
- acoustic decouplers 230 and 270 each include a Bragg structure similar to Bragg structure 161 described above with reference to Figure 1 E. Acoustic decouplers 230 and 270 may alternatively share a common Bragg structure in a manner similar to the way in which the embodiments of acoustic couplers 230 and 270 shown in Figures 3A-3C share a common layer 231.
- DSBAR 206 and DSBAR 208 are located adjacent one another suspended over a cavity 204 defined in a substrate 202. Suspending the DSBARs over a cavity allows the stacked FBARs in each DSBAR to resonate mechanically. Other suspension schemes that allow the stacked FBARs to resonate mechanically are possible.
- the DSBARs can be located over a mismatched acoustic Bragg reflector (not shown) formed in or on substrate 202, as disclosed by the above-mentioned United States patent no. 6,107,721 of Lakin.
- Thousands of FACTs similar to FACT 200 are fabricated at a time by wafer-scale fabrication. Such wafer-scale fabrication makes the FACTs inexpensive to fabricate.
- FIG. 5A-5J An exemplary fabrication method will be described next with reference to the plan views of Figures 5A-5J and the cross-sectional views of Figures 5K-5T.
- the fabrication method can also be used to make the FACT 100 described above with reference to Figures 1 A-1 C.
- the pass band of the embodiment of FACT 200 whose fabrication will be described has a nominal center frequency of about 1.9 GHz.
- Embodiments for operation at other frequencies are similar in structure and fabrication but have thicknesses and lateral dimensions different from those exemplified below.
- a wafer of single-crystal silicon is provided. A portion of the wafer constitutes, for each FACT being fabricated, a substrate corresponding to the substrate 202 of FACT 200.
- Figures 5A-5J and Figures 5K-5T illustrate and the following description describes the fabrication of FACT 200 in and on a portion of the wafer.
- FACT 200 As FACT 200 is fabricated, the remaining FACTs on the wafer are similarly fabricated.
- the portion of the wafer that constitutes substrate 202 of FACT 200 is selectively wet etched to form cavity 204, as shown in Figures 5A and 5K.
- a layer of fill material (not shown) is deposited on the surface of the wafer with a thickness sufficient to fill the cavities.
- the surface of the wafer is then planarized to leave the cavity filled with the fill material.
- Figures 5B and 5L show cavity 204 in substrate 202 filled with fill material 205.
- the fill material was phosphosilicate glass (PSG) and was deposited using conventional low- pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD).
- the fill material may alternatively be deposited by sputtering, or by spin coating.
- a layer of metal is deposited on the surface of the wafer and the fill material. The metal is patterned to define electrode 212, bonding pad 232, an electrical trace 233 extending between electrode 212 and bonding pad 232, electrode 252, bonding pad 272 and an electrical trace 273 extending between electrode 212 and bonding pad 272, as shown in Figures 5C and 5M.
- Electrode 212 and electrode 252 typically have an asymmetrical shape in a plane parallel to the major surface of the wafer.
- Electrode 212 and electrode 252 are located to expose part of the surface of fill material 205 so that the fill material can later be removed by etching, as will be described below.
- electrodes 212, 214, 222, 224, 252, 254, 262 and 264 are defined are patterned such that, in respective planes parallel to the major surface of the wafer, electrodes 212 and 214 of FBAR 210 have the same shape, size, orientation and position, electrodes 222 and 224 of FBAR 220 have the same shape, size, orientation and position, electrodes 252 and 254 of FBAR 250 have the same shape, size, orientation and position and electrodes 262 and 264 of FBAR 260 have the same shape, size, orientation and position.
- electrodes 214 and 222 additionally have the same shape, size, orientation and position and electrodes 254 and 262 additionally have the same shape, size, orientation and position.
- the metal deposited to form electrode 212, bonding pad 232, trace 233, electrode 252, bonding pad 272 and trace 273 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching to define pentagonal electrodes each with an area of about 12,000 square urn.
- Other refractory metals such as tungsten, niobium and titanium may alternatively be used as the material of electrodes 212 and 252, bonding pads 232 and 272 and traces 233 and 273.
- the electrodes, bonding pads and traces may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of piezoelectric material is deposited and is patterned to define a piezoelectric layer 217 that provides piezoelectric layer 216 of FBAR 210 and piezoelectric layer 256 of FBAR 250, as shown in Figures 5D and 5N.
- Piezoelectric layer 217 is patterned to expose part of the surface of fill material 205 and bonding pads 232 and 272.
- Piezoelectric layer 217 is additionally patterned to define windows 219 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the piezoelectric material deposited to form piezoelectric layer 217 was aluminum nitride and was deposited with a thickness of about 1.4 ⁇ m by sputtering.
- the piezoelectric material was patterned by wet etching in potassium hydroxide or by chlorine-based dry etching.
- Alternative materials for piezoelectric layer 217 include zinc oxide and lead zirconium titanate.
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define electrode 214, electrode 254 and electrical trace 235 extending between electrode 214 and electrode 254, as shown in Figures 5E and 50.
- the metal deposited to form electrode 214, electrode 254 and trace 235 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of electrodes 214 and 254 and trace 235.
- the electrodes and trace may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of acoustic decoupling material is then deposited and is patterned to define an acoustic decoupling layer
- Acoustic decoupling layer 231 that provides acoustic decoupler 230 and acoustic decoupler 270, as shown in Figures 5F and 5P.
- Acoustic decoupling layer 231 is shaped to cover at least electrode 214 and electrode 254, and is additionally shaped to expose part of the surface of fill material 205 and bonding pads 232 and 272.
- Acoustic decoupling layer 231 is additionally patterned to define windows 219 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the acoustic decoupling material was polyimide with a thickness of about 200 nm, i.e., one quarter of the center frequency wavelength in the polyimide.
- the polyimide was deposited to form acoustic decoupling layer 231 by spin coating, and was patterned by photolithography. Polyimide is photosensitive so that no photoresist is needed. As noted above, other plastic materials can be used as the acoustic decoupling material.
- the acoustic decoupling material can be deposited by methods other than spin coating. In an embodiment in which the material of the acoustic decoupling layer 231 was polyimide, after deposition and patterning of the polyimide, the wafer was first baked at a temperature of about 250 °C in air and was then baked at a temperature of about 415 °C in an inert atmosphere, such as a nitrogen atmosphere, before further processing was performed.
- the bake evaporates volatile constituents of the polyimide and prevents the evaporation of such volatile constituents during subsequent processing from causing separation of subsequently-deposited layers.
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define electrode 222, interconnection pad 236, electrical trace 237 extending from electrode 222 to interconnection pad 236, bonding pad 282 and electrical trace 283 extending from electrode 222 to bonding pad 282, as shown in Figures 5G and 5Q.
- the patterning also defines in the layer of metal electrode 262, interconnection pad 276 and electrical trace 277 extending from electrode 262 to interconnection pad 276, also as shown in Figures 5G and 5Q.
- the metal deposited to form electrodes 222 and 262, bonding pad 282, interconnection pads 236 and 276 and electrical traces 237, 277 and 283 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of electrodes 222 and 262, pads 236, 276 and 282 and electrical traces 237, 277 and 283.
- the electrodes, bonding pads and traces may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of piezoelectric material is deposited and is patterned to define piezoelectric layer 227 that provides piezoelectric layer 226 of FBAR 220 and piezoelectric layer 266 of FBAR 260.
- Piezoelectric layer 227 is shaped to expose pads 232, 236, 272, 276 and 282 and to expose part of the surface of fill material 205 as shown in Figures 5H and 5R.
- Piezoelectric layer 227 is additionally patterned to define the windows 219 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the piezoelectric material deposited to form piezoelectric layer 227 was aluminum nitride and was deposited with a thickness of about 1.4 urn by sputtering.
- the piezoelectric material was patterned by wet etching in potassium hydroxide or by chlorine-based dry etching.
- Alternative materials for piezoelectric layer 227 include zinc oxide and lead zirconium titanate.
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define electrode 224, interconnection pad 238 and electrical trace 239 extending from electrode 224 to interconnection pad 238, as shown in Figures 51 and 5S.
- Interconnection pad 238 is located in electrical contact with interconnection pad 276 to provide the part of electrical circuit 245 ( Figure 4C) that connects electrodes 224 and 262.
- the patterning also defines in the layer of metal electrode 264, interconnection pad 278, electrical trace 279 extending from electrode 264 to interconnection pad 278, bonding pad 284 and electrical trace 285 extending from electrode 264 to bonding pad 284, also as shown in Figures 51 and 5S.
- Interconnection pad 278 is located in electrical contact with interconnection pad 236 to provide the part of electrical circuit 245 ( Figure 4C) that connects electrodes 222 and 264.
- bonding pads 282 and 284 and electrical traces 283 and 285 may be omitted if reliable electrical connections can be made to stacked interconnection pads 236 and 278 and to stacked interconnection pads 276 and 238.
- the metal deposited to form electrodes 224 and 264, pads 238, 278 and 284 and electrical traces 237, 279 and 285 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals such may alternatively be used as the material of electrodes 224 and 264, pads 238, 278 and 284 and electrical traces 237, 279 and 285.
- the electrodes, pads and traces may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- the wafer is then isotropically wet etched to remove fill material 205 from cavity 204. As noted above, portions of the surface of fill material 205 remain exposed through, for example, windows 219.
- the etch process leaves FACT 200 suspended over cavity 204, as shown in Figures 5J and 51
- the etchant used to remove fill material 205 was dilute hydrofluoric acid.
- a gold protective layer is deposited on the exposed surfaces of pads 232, 238, 272, 278, 282 and 284.
- the wafer is then divided into individual FACTs, including FACT 200.
- Each FACT is then mounted in a package and electrical connections are made between bonding pads 232, 272, 282 and 284 of the FACT and pads that are part of the package.
- a process similar to that described may be used to fabricate embodiments of FACT 200 in which the FBARs are electrically connected as shown in Figures 4B-4H.
- bonding pad 282 electrically connected to electrodes 222 and 264 and bonding pad 284 electrically connected to electrodes 224 and 262 provide the first terminals of the FACT 200
- bonding pad 232 electrically connected to electrode 212 and bonding pad 272 electrically connected to electrode 252 provide the second terminals of FACT 200
- the first terminals provide the primary terminals and the second terminals provide the secondary terminals of FACT 200.
- the first terminals provide the secondary terminals and the second terminals provide the primary terminals of FACT 200.
- An embodiment of FACT 200 in which acoustic decoupler 130 incorporates a Bragg structure similar to that described above with reference to Figure 1 E is made by a process similar to that described above.
- the process differs as follows: After a layer 217 of piezoelectric material is deposited and patterned ( Figures 5D and 5N), a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define a high acoustic impedance Bragg element incorporating electrodes 214 and 254 and additionally to define electrical trace 235 extending between the electrodes, in a manner similar to that shown in Figures 5E and 50.
- the high acoustic impedance Bragg element is similar to high acoustic impedance Bragg element 165 shown in Figure 1 E.
- the layer of metal is deposited with a nominal thickness equal to an odd, integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the metal of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 200.
- the metal deposited to form the high acoustic impedance Bragg element incorporating electrodes 214 and 254 is molybdenum.
- the molybdenum is deposited with a thickness of about 820 nm (one-quarter wavelength in Mo) by sputtering, and is patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of the high acoustic impedance Bragg element incorporating electrodes 214 and 254.
- the high acoustic impedance Bragg element may alternatively comprise layers of more than one metal.
- a layer of low acoustic impedance material is then deposited and is patterned to define a low acoustic impedance Bragg element in a manner similar to that shown in Figures 5F and 5P.
- the layer of low acoustic impedance material is deposited with a nominal thickness equal to an odd, integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the low acoustic impedance material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 200.
- the low acoustic impedance Bragg element is shaped to cover at least the high acoustic impedance Bragg element, and is additionally shaped to expose part of the surface of fill material 205 and bonding pads 232 and 272.
- the layer of low acoustic impedance material is additionally patterned to define windows that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the low acoustic impedance material is Si02 with a thickness of about 790 nm.
- the Si02 is deposited by sputtering, and is patterned by etching.
- Other low acoustic impedance material that can be used as the material of low acoustic impedance Bragg element include phosphosilicate glass (PSG), titanium dioxide and magnesium fluoride.
- PSG phosphosilicate glass
- the low acoustic impedance material can alternatively be deposited by methods other than sputtering.
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define a high acoustic impedance Bragg element incorporating electrodes 222 and 262.
- the layer of metal is additionally patterned to define an interconnection pad 236, an electrical trace 237 extending from electrode 222 to interconnection pad 236, a bonding pad 282, an electrical trace 283 extending from electrode 222 to bonding pad 282, an interconnection pad 276 and an electrical trace 277 extending from electrode 262 to interconnection pad 276 in a manner similar to that shown in Figures 7G and 7Q.
- the layer of metal is deposited with a nominal thickness equal to an odd, integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the metal of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 200.
- the metal deposited to form a high acoustic impedance Bragg element incorporating electrodes 222 and 262 is molybdenum.
- the molybdenum is deposited with a thickness of about 820 nm (one-quarter wavelength in Mo) by sputtering, and is patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of the high acoustic impedance Bragg element incorporating electrodes 222 and 262 and its associated pads and electrical traces.
- the high acoustic impedance Bragg element, pads and electrical traces may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of piezoelectric material is then deposited and is patterned to define piezoelectric layer 227, as described above, and the process conti nues as described above to complete fabrication of FACT 200.
- the acoustic decoupling material of layer 231 is a crosslinked polyphenylene polymer. After the layer of metal has been patterned to define electrodes 214 and 254 and electrical trace 235, as described above with reference to Figures 5E and 50, the precursor solution for the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer is spun on in a manner similar to that described above with reference to Figure 5F and 5P, but is not patterned.
- the formulation of the precursor solution and the spin speed are selected so that the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer forms a layer with a thickness of about 187 nm. This corresponds to one quarter of the wavelength Qn in the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer of an acoustic signal having a frequency equal to the center frequency of the pass band of FACT 200.
- the wafer is then baked at a temperature in the range from about 385 °C to about 450 °C in an inert ambient, such as under vacuum or in a nitrogen atmosphere, before further processing is performed.
- the bake first drives off the organic solvents from the precursor solution, and then causes the oligomer to cross link as described above to form the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer.
- a layer of metal is then deposited on the layer of crosslinked polyphenylene polymer in a manner similar to that described above with reference to Figure 5G and 5Q, but is initially patterned similarly to the patterning of acoustic decoupling layer 231 shown in Figure 5F to define a hard mask that will later be used to pattern the layer of crosslinked polyphenylene polymer to define acoustic decoupling layer 231.
- the initially-patterned layer of metal has the same extent as acoustic decoupling layer 231 , exposes bonding pads 232 and 272 and parts of the surface of fill material 205, and has windows in the intended locations of windows 219 in acoustic decoupling layer 231.
- the layer of crosslinked polyphenylene polymer is then patterned as shown in Figure 5F with the initially- patterned layer of metal as a hard etch mask. Patterning the layer of crosslinked polyphenylene polymer defines the extent of acoustic decoupling layer 231 , which exposes bonding pads 232 and 272 and parts of the surface of fill material 205, and forms windows 219 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material. The patterning is performed with an oxygen plasma etch. The layer of metal is then re-patterned as shown in Figures 5G and 5Q to define electrode 222, electrode 262, bonding pad 282, interconnection pads 236 and 276.
- the re-patterning additionally defines electrical trace 237 extending between electrode 222 and interconnection pad 236, electrical trace 277 extending between electrode 262 and interconnection pad 276 and electrical trace 283 extending between electrode 222 and bonding pad 282.
- Fabrication of the embodiment of band-pass filter 200 with an acoustic decoupling layer of a crosslinked polyphenylene polymer as its acoustic decoupler is completed by performing the processing described above with reference to Figures 5H, 51, 5J, 5R, 5S and 51
- the precursor solution for the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer was one sold by The Dow Chemical Company and designated SiLKTM J.
- the precursor solution may be any suitable one of the precursor solutions sold by The Dow Chemical Company under the trademark SiLK.
- a layer of an adhesion promoter was deposited before the precursor solution was spun on.
- Precursor solutions containing oligomers that, when cured, form a crosslinked polyphenylene polymer having an acoustic impedance of about 2 Mrayl may be available from other suppliers now or in the future and may also be used.
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