Acoustic resonator having integrated lateral feature and temperature compensation feature

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016182011-A1
Application number	US-201615056102-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 29, 2016
Priority date	Oct 25, 2012
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator device includes a bottom electrode on a substrate over one of a cavity and an acoustic mirror, a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode, a top electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a temperature compensation feature having positive temperature coefficient for offsetting at least a portion of a negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer. At least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode includes an integrated lateral feature configured to create at least one of a cut-off frequency mismatch and an acoustic impedance mismatch.

First claim

1 . A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator device, comprising:
a bottom electrode on a substrate over one of a cavity and an acoustic mirror; a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode; a top electrode on the piezoelectric layer; and a temperature compensation feature having positive temperature coefficient for offsetting at least a portion of a negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer, wherein at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode comprises an integrated lateral feature configured to create at least one of a cut-off frequency mismatch and an acoustic impedance mismatch.

2 . The BAW resonator device of claim 1 , wherein the integrated lateral feature is arranged between planar top and bottom surfaces of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode.

3 . The BAW resonator device of claim 2 , wherein the integrated lateral feature comprises an integrated low velocity frame located at an outer region of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode, the integrated low velocity frame substantially surrounding an inner portion located at a center region of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode,
wherein the integrated low velocity frame and the inner portion are formed at the same level, such that the integrated low velocity frame and the inner portion have substantially the same thickness.

4 . The BAW resonator device of claim 3 , wherein the integrated low velocity frame is formed of a first material and the inner portion is formed of a second material, the first material having a sound velocity, acoustic impedance and a location in the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode, relative to a sound velocity, acoustic impedance and a location in the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode of the second material, that lowers an effective sound velocity of a portion of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode formed of the first material.

5 . The BAW resonator device of claim 2 , wherein the integrated lateral feature comprises an integrated high velocity frame located at an outer region of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode, the integrated high velocity frame substantially surrounding an inner portion located at a center region of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode,
wherein the integrated high velocity frame and the inner portion are formed at the same level, such that the integrated high velocity frame and the inner portion have substantially the same thickness.

6 . The BAW resonator device of claim 5 , wherein the inner portion is formed of a first material and the integrated high velocity frame is formed of a second material, the first material having a sound velocity, acoustic impedance and a location in the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode, relative to a sound velocity, acoustic impedance and a location in the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode of the second material, that lowers an effective sound velocity of a portion of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode formed of the first material.

7 . The BAW resonator device of claim 2 , wherein the integrated lateral feature comprises one of an integrated low velocity frame and an integrated high velocity frame located at an outer region of the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode, the integrated low velocity frame having a thickness less than a thickness of the composite electrode.

8 . The BAW resonator device of claim 1 , wherein a temperature compensation feature comprises a temperature compensating layer buried in the piezoelectric layer.

9 . The BAW resonator device of claim 1 , wherein a temperature compensation feature comprises a temperature compensating layer in the at least one the bottom electrode and the top electrode comprising the integrated lateral feature.

10 . The BAW resonator device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom electrode comprises the integrated lateral feature and the top electrode comprises the temperature compensation feature.

11 . The BAW resonator device of claim 1 , wherein the top electrode comprises the integrated lateral feature and the bottom electrode comprises the temperature compensation feature.

12 . A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator device, comprising:
a bottom electrode on a substrate over one of a cavity and an acoustic mirror; a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode; and a top electrode on the piezoelectric layer, wherein at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode is a hybrid electrode comprising a temperature compensating layer having a positive temperature coefficient for offsetting at least a portion of a negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer, and an integrated frame configured to create at least one of a cut-off frequency mismatch and an acoustic impedance mismatch.

13 . The BAW resonator device of claim 12 , wherein the integrated frame comprises an integrated low velocity frame formed by a first material located at an outer region of the hybrid electrode and an inner portion formed by a second material located at a center region of the hybrid electrode, the first material having a lower sound velocity than the second material.

14 . The BAW resonator device of claim 12 , wherein the integrated frame comprises an integrated high velocity frame formed by a second material located at an outer region of the hybrid electrode and an inner portion formed by a first material located at a center region of the hybrid electrode, the first material having a lower sound velocity than the second material.

15 . The BAW resonator device of claim 12 , wherein the bottom electrode comprises the hybrid electrode and the top electrode comprises a frame electrode having an integrated frame.

16 . The BAW resonator device of claim 12 , wherein the top electrode comprises the hybrid electrode and the bottom electrode comprises a frame electrode having an integrated frame.

17 . The BAW resonator device of claim 12 , wherein the hybrid electrode comprises an outside electrode layer, an inside electrode layer and an interposer layer, the temperature compensating layer being formed between the inside electrode layer and the interposer layer and the interposer layer being formed between the temperature compensating layer and the piezoelectric layer.

18 . A thin film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), comprising:
a bottom electrode on a substrate over one of a cavity and an acoustic mirror; a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode; a top electrode on the piezoelectric layer; a temperature compensation feature having positive temperature coefficient for offsetting at least a portion of a negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer; and an integrated lateral feature formed within at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode, and configured to create at least one of a cut-off frequency mismatch and an acoustic impedance mismatch.

19 . The FBAR of claim 18 , wherein the temperature compensation feature comprises a temperature compensation layer in one of the bottom electrode, the piezoelectric layer, or the top electrode.

20 . The FBAR of claim 19 , wherein the integrated lateral feature is formed within the at least one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode not including the temperature compensation layer.

Assignees

• Avago Technologies General Ip

Inventors

• Burak Dariusz
• Choy John
• Nikkel Phil
• Grannen Kevin J

Classifications

• H03H9/175 Primary

  Acoustic mirrors · CPC title

• H01L41/0471

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H03H9/131

  consisting of a multilayered structure · CPC title

• H03H9/02102

  of temperature influence (cutting angles H03H9/02015) · CPC title

• H03H9/173

  Air-gaps · CPC title