Detailed Description
The technical scheme of the invention is further specifically described by the following embodiments and the accompanying drawings. In the specification, the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar components. The following description of the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings is intended to explain the general inventive concept of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the invention. Some, but not all embodiments of the invention are described. All other embodiments that can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the embodiments given herein are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.
First, the reference numerals in the drawings of the present invention are explained as follows:
10, the substrate can be selected from monocrystalline silicon, gallium nitride, gallium arsenide, sapphire, quartz, silicon carbide, diamond and the like, and can also be monocrystalline piezoelectric substrates such as lithium niobate, lithium tantalate, potassium niobate and the like.
20: the acoustic mirror can be a cavity or an air cavity, and a Bragg reflection layer and other equivalent forms can also be adopted. Embodiments of the cavity and bragg reflector layers are shown separately in the illustrated embodiment of the invention. In the present invention, a sacrificial layer within the cavity, also indicated at 20, forms the cavity after the sacrificial layer is released.
21: the sacrificial material is filled in the cavity in the embodiment shown in the invention, the cavity is formed by using a method for releasing the sacrificial material in the implementation process, and the sacrificial material can be silicon dioxide, doped silicon dioxide, polysilicon, amorphous silicon and other materials.
30: the seed layer can be selected from materials such as aluminum nitride, zinc oxide, PZT and the like and contains rare earth element doping materials with certain atomic ratios of the materials. In the present invention, the seed layer may not be provided.
31: the bottom electrode is made of molybdenum, ruthenium, gold, aluminum, magnesium, tungsten, copper, titanium, iridium, osmium, chromium or their composite or their alloy.
40: the piezoelectric underlayer can be a single crystal piezoelectric material, and can be selected from the following options: the material may be polycrystalline piezoelectric material (corresponding to single crystal, non-single crystal material), optionally, polycrystalline aluminum nitride, zinc oxide, PZT, or a rare earth element doped material containing at least one rare earth element, such as scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), magnesium (Mg), titanium (Ti), lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), erbium (Ho), erbium (holmium), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), or the like.
41: the metal insert layer may be made of a metal selected from molybdenum, ruthenium, gold, aluminum, magnesium, tungsten, copper, titanium, iridium, osmium, chromium, and the like, and in one embodiment of the present invention, is molybdenum.
42: the piezoelectric layer 40 is selected from the same material as the piezoelectric layer, and may be the same material as the piezoelectric layer or different material from the piezoelectric layer.
50: an insulating layer, which may be an air gap or a solid non-conductive dielectric, electrically isolates the metal interposer from the top electrode. The solid non-conductive dielectric may be selected from one of aluminum nitride (AlN), rare earth doped AlN, silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, doped silicon dioxide (e.g., boron doped or phosphorous doped).
60: the top electrode can be made of the same material as the bottom electrode, and the material can be selected from molybdenum, ruthenium, gold, aluminum, magnesium, tungsten, copper, titanium, iridium, osmium, chromium or the composite of the above metals or the alloy thereof, and the like. The top and bottom electrode materials are typically the same, but may be different.
61: a protective layer made of a piezoelectric material such as AlN, and SiO2、Al2O3And the like.
62: and the top electrode leading-out end is made of the same material as the top electrode.
70: the material of the top electrode pad (pad) or the pin can be the same as that of the top electrode, and can be selected from molybdenum, ruthenium, gold, aluminum, magnesium, tungsten, copper, titanium, iridium, osmium, chromium or a composite of the above metals or an alloy thereof, and the like.
71: the pin connecting part can be made of the same material as the bottom electrode, and the material can be selected from molybdenum, ruthenium, gold, aluminum, magnesium, tungsten, copper, titanium, iridium, osmium, chromium or the composite of the metals or the alloy thereof and the like.
In the present invention, throughAdjusting kt of different resonators by inserting a metallic insertion layer (e.g. molybdenum) in the piezoelectric layer between the resonators2The electromechanical coupling coefficient kt of the bulk acoustic wave resonator can be adjusted by the following 3 points2:
1. Realizing kt to a resonator by changing the position of the edge of the metal insertion layer between different resonators2Adjusting the variable quantity;
2. changing the relative position of the metal insertion layer in the piezoelectric layer between different resonators realizes kt for the resonator2And (4) adjusting the variable quantity.
3. Implementation of kt for resonators by varying the thickness of the intervening layer between different resonators2And (4) adjusting the variable quantity.
By the above method, the kt of the resonator can be changed2Therefore, the design freedom of the filter can be improved, and the roll-off of the passband edge can be improved. The invention utilizes the metal insertion layer structure arranged in the piezoelectric layer of the resonator to adjust the frequency and/or the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the resonator in a large range, thereby realizing the single-chip integration of the multi-frequency filter and the Kt of the resonator in the filter2The choice of values provides a greater degree of freedom.
Fig. 1A is a schematic top view and fig. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AOA' in fig. 1A of a bulk acoustic wave resonator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that the shape of the resonator is not limited to the circular shape shown in fig. 1, but may be other polygonal shapes, elliptical shapes, or other irregular shapes.
As shown in fig. 1B, the outer edge of the insertion layer 41 is located outside the air cavity 20, the distance between the outer edge of the insertion layer 41 and the boundary of the effective area (in the present invention, the overlapping area of the top electrode, the bottom electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the acoustic mirror in the thickness direction of the resonator forms the effective area of the resonator) is L1 (the connecting side of the top electrode) and L2 (the non-connecting side of the top electrode), the thickness of the insertion layer 41 is T0, the thickness of the piezoelectric lower layer 40 is T1, the thickness of the piezoelectric upper layer 42 is T2, and the position of the insertion layer 41 is defined as the Ratio PZ _ Ratio of the thickness of the piezoelectric upper layer to the sum of the thicknesses of the piezoelectric lower layer and the piezoelectric upper layer, which is T2/(T1+ T2.
FIG. 2 is an exemplary illustrationA schematic is shown of the electromechanical coupling coefficient versus the insertion thickness of the insertion layer without changing other factors affecting the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the resonator. As shown in FIG. 2, kt increases with the thickness T0 of
interposer 41
2Monotonically decreasing. Optionally, the thickness of the
insertion layer 41 is within
-2 μm.
It is to be noted that, in the present invention, each numerical range, except when explicitly indicated as not including the end points, can be either the end points or the median of each numerical range, and all fall within the scope of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the relationship between the electromechanical coupling coefficient and the ratio of the thickness of the piezoelectric upper layer to the thickness of the entire piezoelectric layer, with other factors affecting the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the resonator being constant. As shown in FIG. 3, kt increases as the Ratio PZ _ Ratio, which indicates the position of the insertion layer 41, increases2Decreasing first and then increasing.
Fig. 4A schematically shows the electromechanical coupling coefficient as a function of the extension length of the insertion layer extending outside the boundary of the acoustic mirror, with other factors affecting the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the resonator unchanged. The extension length in fig. 4A corresponds to the extension length of the insertion layer 80 to the outside of the non-connection side of the top electrode 50 at the non-connection side of the bottom electrode. As shown in fig. 4A, kt increases as the distance of the insertion layer 41 from the boundary of the effective area (corresponding to L2 in fig. 1B)2First reduced to a value exceeding the edge of the non-electrode connecting end of the bottom electrode (BM)2Remain unchanged.
Fig. 4B is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the electromechanical coupling coefficient and the extension length of the insertion layer extending outside the boundary of the acoustic mirror with other factors affecting the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the resonator unchanged, and in fig. 4B, the extension length is the extension length of the insertion layer below the top electrode connection side extending outside the boundary of the effective region. As shown in FIG. 4B, kt increases with the extension length2Is essentially asA monotonically decreasing trend.
In fig. 4A and 4B, the abscissa is μm and the ordinate is the electromechanical coupling coefficient kt of the resonator2。
In addition, although not shown, kt increases as the distance that the interposer above the bottom electrode connecting edge extends beyond the active area increases2Also in a monotonically decreasing trend.
Thus, the kt of the resonator can be adjusted by selecting the extension length of the insertion layer extending outside the boundary of the active area2. For example, by increasing the extension length, kt is reduced2。
The extension length shown in fig. 4A and the extension length shown in fig. 4B may be selected simultaneously or individually, that is, the extension length of the insertion layer outside the boundary of the effective region may be selected as shown in fig. 4A, as shown in fig. 4B, or as otherwise adjusted by adjusting the extension length to adjust kt2Are within the scope of the invention.
In the present invention, the inner and outer are in the lateral or radial direction with respect to the center of the effective area of the resonator, the side or end of a component near the center being the inner or inner end, and the side or end of the component away from the center being the outer or outer end. For a reference position, inboard of the position means between the position and the center in the lateral or radial direction, and outboard of the position means farther from the center in the lateral or radial direction than the position. In the present invention, the upper and lower are with respect to the bottom surface of the base of the resonator, and with respect to one component, the side thereof close to the bottom surface is the lower side, and the side thereof far from the bottom surface is the upper side.
As shown in fig. 1B, the kt of the resonator can be adjusted by selecting at least one of the above-mentioned extension length L of the insertion layer (which may also be zero), the thickness T0 of the insertion layer, and a Ratio PZ _ Ratio indicating the position of the insertion layer in the piezoelectric layer2Thereby improving the design freedom of the filter and improving the roll-off of the passband edge.
Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, and with reference to the right side of FIG. 1B, on the side of the piezoelectric layer, an insulating
layer 50 is provided, which in one exemplary embodiment may have a thickness D of
Within the range of (1). As shown in fig. 1B, the insulating
layer 50 includes a side covering portion that covers end faces of the piezoelectric upper layer and the piezoelectric lower layer and the insertion layer. On the right side of fig. 1B, the end face of the
insertion layer 41 is flush with the side faces of the piezoelectric upper layer and the piezoelectric lower layer.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the material of the insulating layer may be one selected from AlN, rare-earth-doped AlN, silicon nitride, and silicon dioxide, and may be air or vacuum.
As shown in fig. 1B, the resonator further includes a top electrode terminal 62 connected to the top electrode 60 and a pin connection portion 71 provided on the substrate 10. As shown in fig. 1B, the top electrode lead-out 62 includes an electrical connection portion covering the insulating layer 50 at the side of the piezoelectric layer, and the insulating layer 50 is disposed between the insertion layer 41 and the top electrode lead-out 62 in the lateral direction, thereby achieving electrical isolation between the top electrode and the insertion layer 41.
As shown in fig. 1B, the upper end of the insulating layer 50 includes an upper cover portion 51 that covers a portion of the top surface of the piezoelectric upper layer 42.
As shown in fig. 1B, the end of the upper covering portion 51 is outside the boundary of the acoustic mirror 20 in the lateral direction of the resonator with a lateral distance I formed therebetween. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the end of the upper cover 51 may be located inside the boundary of the acoustic mirror 20, as shown in fig. 7, which may further reduce the parasitic capacitance between the top electrode connection side or the top electrode lead-out terminal and the bottom electrode outside the effective area of the resonator (the overlapping area of the top electrode, the piezoelectric layer, the bottom electrode, and the acoustic mirror of the resonator in the thickness direction of the resonator constitutes the effective area), and in the embodiment shown in fig. 7, compared to embodiment 1B, in one embodiment of the present invention, the overlapping distance I between the left side of the insulating layer 50 and the acoustic mirror 20 may be: 10 μm > I >0.5 μm.
As shown in fig. 1B and fig. 5 to 7, the lower end of the insulating layer 50 includes a lower covering portion 52 covering the upper surface of the substrate 10. As shown, the lower cover portion may further include a lower cover extension (a region corresponding to C in fig. 1B) extending to an upper surface of the pin connection portion. In an alternative embodiment, the lateral width of the lower covering extension is not less than 1 μm. The area corresponding to the C is beneficial to ensuring that a larger process window is provided in the process of manufacturing the resonator, and meanwhile, the top electrode can be prevented from contacting the substrate, and the generation of leakage current is avoided.
As shown in fig. 1B, in one embodiment, the end of the piezoelectric underlayer 40 forms an angle α with the upper surface of the substrate 10 in the range of 30 ° to 85 °, which is favorable for better coverage of the subsequent film structures (e.g., the insulating layer 50, the top electrode connecting portion 62, and the top electrode lead 70) on the piezoelectric layer sidewall.
In fig. 1B, a special insulating layer is provided to cover the side face of the piezoelectric layer, in other words, the insulating layer is provided on the side face of the piezoelectric layer, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a bulk acoustic wave resonator according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, taken along the line AOA' in fig. 1A. As shown in fig. 5, the insulating layer 50 is disposed between the piezoelectric upper layer 42 and the piezoelectric lower layer 40 on the same layer as the insertion layer 41, and between the insertion layer 41 and the electrical connection portion of the top electrode lead 62 in the lateral direction.
In alternative embodiments, the insulating layer 50 is a layer of air or a solid non-conductive dielectric layer.
In an alternative embodiment, the width E of the layer of air or the layer of solid non-conductive medium is in the range of 1 μm to 10 μm. Where the air layer has the above-mentioned width, it is advantageous to ensure that the top electrode lead is not in electrical contact with the insertion layer 41 when it is deposited.
The embodiment shown in fig. 5 does not require a separate deposition of an insulating film, compared to the embodiment shown in fig. 1B, and thus the process flow is simpler. As mentioned later, the lateral etching may be performed by wet etching to form the insulating layer 50 by etching a part of the insertion layer material, and at this time, the insulating layer 50 is an air layer.
Although not shown, a solid non-conductive dielectric layer may also be provided in the same layer as the insertion layer, as an insulating layer between the insertion layer and the top electrode lead-out in the lateral direction.
As shown in fig. 1B and 5, the insertion layer 41 extends beyond the edge of the bottom electrode on the left side (the non-electrode-connecting side of the top electrode). In an alternative embodiment, the end of the insertion layer is located outside the boundary of the acoustic mirror in the lateral direction, i.e. the insertion layer completely covers the acoustic mirror region of the resonator, in a further alternative embodiment the end of the insertion layer is at a distance of not less than 1 μm from the acoustic mirror boundary.
But the present invention is not limited thereto and the lateral ends of the insertion layer 41, as shown in fig. 6, the insertion layer 41 extends to the outside of the non-electrode connection end of the top electrode by a distance G in the lateral direction of the resonator. For example, the end of the insertion layer 41 is located between the non-electrode connection end of the top electrode and the boundary of the acoustic mirror in the lateral direction, or the distance is greater than 0.5 μm and smaller than 1 μm. I.e. the insertion layer 41 covers at least the active area of the resonator, i.e. the overlapping area of the top, bottom and acoustic mirror of the resonator.
The following describes an exemplary process of fabricating the bulk acoustic wave resonator assembly shown in fig. 1B with reference to fig. 8A-8H.
As shown in fig. 8A, cleaning is performed on the substrate 10, then grooves for forming the air cavities 20 are etched on the substrate 10, and then a sacrificial layer is formed by filling-in with a sacrificial material, which may be planarized by a CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) method.
As shown in fig. 8B, a seed material layer and a metal layer are deposited on the surface of the structure formed in fig. 8A, and patterned to form a seed layer 30 and a bottom electrode 31, and a pin connection portion 71.
As shown in fig. 8C, a piezoelectric thin film material layer for forming the piezoelectric underlayer 40 is deposited on the surface of the structure shown in fig. 8B by a deposition process including, but not limited to, MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition), MBE (molecular beam epitaxy), CBE (chemical molecular beam epitaxy), LPE (liquid phase epitaxy), magnetron sputtering, or the like.
Then, a metal insertion layer 41, which may be a molybdenum layer, is prepared on the surface of the above structure.
Thereafter, a layer of piezoelectric thin film material is deposited on the surface of the structure in which the metal insertion layer is prepared, using deposition processes including, but not limited to, MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition), MBE (molecular beam epitaxy), CBE (chemical molecular beam epitaxy), LPE (liquid phase epitaxy), magnetron sputtering, etc., and the piezoelectric thin film layer is used to form the piezoelectric upper layer 42. The piezoelectric upper layer material may be the same as or different from the piezoelectric lower layer material, such as aluminum nitride (AlN) material with different doping concentrations.
As shown in fig. 8D, the right side of the layer structure formed of the piezoelectric lower layer, the interposer layer, and the piezoelectric upper layer shown in fig. 8C is etched by an etching process to expose the end faces of the piezoelectric lower layer, the interposer layer, and the piezoelectric upper layer, and to expose the pin connection portion 71.
As shown in fig. 8E, an insulating material is deposited and patterned to form an insulating layer 50, which covers a portion of the top surface of the piezoelectric upper layer, covers the side surfaces of the piezoelectric upper layer, the interposer layer, and the piezoelectric lower layer, and covers a portion of the top surface of the pin connection portion 71, as shown in fig. 8E. The purpose of the insulating layer is to electrically isolate the top electrode 60 from the insertion layer 41, preventing electrical connection between the two, which may be selected from silicon dioxide (USG), borosilicate glass (BSG), boron-doped silicon dioxide (boron-doped silicon dioxide), phosphosilicate glass (PSG), or other insulating dielectric such as aluminum nitride or doped aluminum nitride.
As shown in fig. 8F, a top electrode material layer (corresponding to 60) and a protective material layer (corresponding to 61) are deposited and patterned on the surface of the structure shown in fig. 8E to form a top electrode 60 and a top electrode lead 62, which is electrically connected to the pin connection portion 71.
As shown in fig. 8G, a portion of the protective layer of the structure shown in fig. 8F is removed to expose the top electrode lead 62.
As shown in fig. 8H, a metal layer is deposited and patterned on the surface of the structure shown in fig. 8G to form a top electrode lead 70. The leads 70 may be patterned by an etching process or a lift-off process. The sacrificial layer is then released to form an air cavity 20 that acts as an acoustic mirror, forming the resonator structure shown in fig. 1B. Optionally, the insulating layer may be released at the same time as the sacrificial layer is released, thereby forming an air insulating layer.
Although not shown, a mass loading layer may also be formed on the resonator. In the embodiment of the present invention, the mass loading layer may be selected to adjust the electromechanical coupling coefficient of each resonator, or the mass loading layer may not be provided. The above steps are exemplary steps, and as those skilled in the art can understand, the above processing sequence is not exclusive, and those skilled in the art can make modifications to the above steps based on the known technology, which is within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 9A to 9C, a part of a process for manufacturing the bulk acoustic wave resonator shown in fig. 5 will be exemplarily described.
The first four steps of the manufacturing flow of the resonator shown in fig. 5 correspond to the steps 8A-8D of the previous figures, and after the step shown in fig. 8D, the manufacturing of the resonator of fig. 5 comprises the following steps:
as shown in fig. 9A, the piezoelectric upper layer 42 and the insertion layer 41 are etched using an etching process to expose the end portions of the insertion layer 41.
As shown in fig. 9B, wet etching is performed on the structure shown in fig. 9A, and part of the insertion layer 41 is removed, thereby forming an air layer in the same layer as the insertion layer between the piezoelectric upper layer and the piezoelectric lower layer, the air layer forming an insulating layer. As previously described, the width of the air layer is selected to ensure that the top electrode lead is electrically isolated from the interposer layer when the top electrode lead is post-deposited. After the insertion layer 41 is laterally etched, as shown in fig. 9C, in an alternative embodiment, the lateral distance F between the end of the insertion layer and the bottom electrode 31 is greater than 1 μm to ensure that no voids are formed in the active area that affect the performance of the resonator.
As shown in fig. 9C, the piezoelectric lower layer 40 is continuously etched to expose the pin connection portions 71.
Following FIG. 9C, the steps of FIGS. 8E-8H are employed.
Fig. 10A-10B are partial manufacturing processes illustrating the bulk acoustic wave resonator shown in fig. 6.
The first four steps of the resonator manufacturing flow shown in fig. 6 correspond to steps 8A-8B of the previous figures, and the steps shown in fig. 8C are replaced with the following steps:
as shown in fig. 10A, a piezoelectric thin film material layer for forming the piezoelectric underlayer 40 is deposited on the surface of the structure shown in fig. 8B by a deposition process including, but not limited to, MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition), MBE (molecular beam epitaxy), CBE (chemical molecular beam epitaxy), LPE (liquid phase epitaxy), magnetron sputtering, or the like. Then, a metal insertion layer 41, which may be a molybdenum layer, is prepared on the surface of the above structure. Next, the insertion layer 41 is patterned to form the structure shown in fig. 10A.
As shown in fig. 10B, a piezoelectric thin film material layer for forming the piezoelectric upper layer 42 is deposited on the structure shown in fig. 10A by a deposition process including, but not limited to, MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition), MBE (molecular beam epitaxy), CBE (chemical molecular beam epitaxy), LPE (liquid phase epitaxy), magnetron sputtering, or the like. Then, the right side of the layer structure formed of the piezoelectric lower layer, the interposer layer, and the piezoelectric upper layer is etched by an etching process to expose the end faces of the piezoelectric lower layer, the interposer layer, and the piezoelectric upper layer and to expose the pin connection portion 71.
Following the steps shown in fig. 10B, the steps of fig. 8E-8H are employed.
Fig. 11 and 12 show cross-sectional views of bulk acoustic wave resonators based on further exemplary embodiments. In fig. 11 and 12, the insulating layer 50 covers a part of the top surface of the insertion layer 41 and covers the end surfaces of the insertion layer and the piezoelectric lower layer, thereby forming electrical isolation between the top electrode lead 62 and the insertion layer 41.
In fig. 11, the end face of the insertion layer 41 is flush with the end face of the piezoelectric under layer 40, whereas in fig. 12, the end face of the insertion layer 41 is not flush with the end face of the piezoelectric under layer 40 (i.e., the end of the insertion layer 41 is closer to the center of the effective area of the resonator than the end of the piezoelectric under layer 40 in the radial direction or the lateral direction).
As can be appreciated, in making the structure of fig. 11 and 12, after the piezoelectric lower layer and the interposer layer are formed, the insulating layer 50 is formed first, then the piezoelectric upper layer 42 is formed, and then the top electrode 60 and the top electrode lead 62 are formed.
Fig. 13 is an exemplary circuit diagram of a ladder structure filter. In the circuit diagram of the classic ladder-type filter shown in fig. 13, the resonators 101, 102, and 103 are series resonators, and the resonators 104 and 105 are parallel resonators.
For example, the series resonator 101 and the parallel resonator 104 are both resonators provided with an insertion layer. For example, Kt of the series resonator 101 and the parallel resonator 1042Are each Kt21 and Kt 22, Kt between two resonators2The difference is Kt2=Kt21-Kt 22. Based on selection of at least one of a difference in position of the insertion layer in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer in the resonator (corresponding to the different ratio described above), the thickness of the insertion layer, and an extension length of the insertion layer to the outside of the boundary of the acoustic mirror, it is possible to make different resonators have different Kt2So that the Kt between the two resonators can be adjusted2。
Although the parallel resonators 104 and the series resonators 101 are described as examples, the insertion layer structure may be any series resonators or different insertion layer structures may be used between the parallel resonators, different insertion layer structures may be used between any series resonators, or different insertion layer structures may be used between the parallel resonators. The insertion layer structure here comprises one or more of the parameters for the thickness of the insertion layer, the longitudinal position of the insertion layer in the piezoelectric layer, the extension distance by which the edge of the insertion layer extends beyond the boundary of the acoustic mirror.
In the present invention, a resonator not provided with an insertion layer is a conventional resonator, and the thickness of the insertion layer can be considered to be zero.
Two bulk acoustic wave resonators disposed on the same substrate may constitute a resonator assembly, such as the series resonator 101 and the parallel resonator 104 mentioned above, which may together form a resonator assembly. However, the number of resonators in the resonator assembly is not limited to two, and may be more, for example, more resonators may be disposed on the same substrate.
As can be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the bulk acoustic wave resonator according to the present invention may be used to form a filter or other semiconductor device.
Based on the above, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
1. a bulk acoustic wave resonator comprising:
a substrate;
an acoustic mirror;
a bottom electrode;
a top electrode and a top electrode lead-out terminal; and
a piezoelectric layer;
a pin connection part disposed to be spaced apart from the bottom electrode in a lateral direction,
wherein:
the resonator further comprises a metal insertion layer arranged between the upper piezoelectric layer and the lower piezoelectric layer;
the top electrode lead-out includes an electrical connection extending at a side of the piezoelectric layer, the top electrode lead-out electrically connecting the top electrode with the pin connection;
the resonator further includes an insulating layer, at least a portion of which is disposed between the electrical connection and the interposer to form electrical isolation between the electrical connection and the interposer.
2. The resonator of claim 1, wherein:
the insulating layer includes a side surface covering section that covers at least a part of the side surface of the piezoelectric layer and the end surface of the insertion layer.
3. The resonator of claim 2, wherein:
the upper end of the insulating layer includes an upper cover portion covering a portion of the top surface of the piezoelectric upper layer or interposer.
4. The resonator of claim 3, wherein:
the end of the upper covering portion is outside the boundary of the acoustic mirror in the lateral direction of the resonator.
5. The resonator of claim 3, wherein:
the end of the upper covering portion is located inside the boundary of the acoustic mirror in the lateral direction of the resonator.
6. The resonator of claim 5, wherein:
the lateral distance between the end of the upper covering portion and the boundary of the acoustic mirror is in the range of 0.5-10 μm.
7. The resonator of claim 2, wherein:
the lower end of the insulating layer includes a lower covering portion covering the upper surface of the substrate.
8. The resonator of claim 7, wherein:
the lower cover portion further includes a lower cover extension extending to an upper surface of the pin connection portion.
9. The resonator of claim 8, wherein:
the lower covering extension has a lateral width of not less than 1 μm.
10. The resonator of claim 2, wherein:
the end of the piezoelectric lower layer forms an angle in the range of 30 DEG to 85 DEG with the upper surface of the substrate.
11. The resonator of claim 2, wherein:
the width of the side cover part between the insertion layer and the electric connection part is larger than that of the resonator in the transverse direction
And less than 10 μm.
12. The resonator of any of claims 2-11, wherein:
the material of the insulating layer is selected from one of aluminum nitride (AlN), rare earth element doped aluminum nitride (AlN), silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, doped silicon dioxide and air.
13. The resonator of claim 1, wherein:
the insulating layer and the insertion layer are arranged between the piezoelectric upper layer and the piezoelectric lower layer in the same layer, and are located between the insertion layer and the electric connection portion in the transverse direction, and the inner end of the insulating layer is located outside the boundary of the acoustic mirror.
14. The resonator of claim 13, wherein:
the insulating layer is an air layer or a solid non-conducting dielectric layer.
15. The resonator of claim 14, wherein:
the width of the air layer or the solid non-conducting medium layer is in the range of 1-10 mu m.
16. The resonator of claim 1, wherein:
the insertion layer extends to the outside of the non-electrode connection end of the top electrode by a distance in the lateral direction of the resonator.
17. The resonator of claim 16, wherein:
an end of the insertion layer is located between the non-electrode connection end of the top electrode and a boundary of the acoustic mirror in the lateral direction; or
The end of the insertion layer is located outside the boundary of the acoustic mirror in the lateral direction.
18. The resonator of claim 1, wherein:
the thickness of the insertion layer is in the range of more than 10nm and less than 2 μm.
19. The resonator of claim 1, wherein:
the material of the insertion layer is selected from one or the combination of molybdenum, ruthenium, gold, aluminum, magnesium, tungsten, copper, titanium, iridium, osmium and chromium.
20. The resonator of claim 1, wherein:
the insertion layer covers at least the entire area of the acoustic mirror.
21. A bulk acoustic wave resonator assembly comprising:
first resonator and second resonator, first resonator and second resonator are the bulk acoustic wave resonator, and first resonator and second resonator all include basement, acoustic mirror, bottom electrode, top electrode and piezoelectric layer, wherein:
at least one of the first and second resonators is a resonator according to any of claims 1-20; and is
The electromechanical coupling coefficients of the first and second resonators are different from each other based on at least one of an insertion thickness of the insertion layer of the at least one resonator, a ratio of an upper layer thickness of the piezoelectric upper layer to a sum of lower layer thicknesses of the piezoelectric upper layer and piezoelectric lower layer, and an extension length of the insertion layer to extend outside a boundary of the acoustic mirror.
22. The assembly of claim 21, wherein:
one of the first resonator and the second resonator is provided with the insertion layer, and the other is a conventional bulk acoustic wave resonator.
23. The assembly of claim 21, wherein:
the first resonator and the second resonator are each provided with an insertion layer, and at least one of insertion thicknesses, the ratios, and the extension lengths of the first resonator and the second resonator are different so that electromechanical coupling coefficients of the first resonator and the second resonator are different from each other.
24. The assembly of claim 23, wherein:
the insertion thicknesses of the first resonator and the second resonator are different, and the thicknesses of the upper piezoelectric layers of the first resonator and the second resonator are respectively the same as the thicknesses of the lower piezoelectric layers; or
The insertion thicknesses of the first resonator and the second resonator are different, and at least one of the thicknesses of the upper layer of the piezoelectric upper layer and the lower layer of the piezoelectric lower layer of the first resonator and the second resonator is different; or
The insertion thicknesses of the first resonator and the second resonator are the same, and the thicknesses of the upper piezoelectric layers and the lower piezoelectric layers of the first resonator and the second resonator are respectively the same; or
The insertion thicknesses of the first resonator and the second resonator are the same, and at least one of the thicknesses of the upper layer of the piezoelectric upper layer and the lower layer of the piezoelectric lower layer of the first resonator and the second resonator is different.
25. A filter, wherein: the filter comprises a shunt resonator and a series resonator, wherein the shunt resonator and/or the series resonator is/are the bulk acoustic wave resonator according to any one of 1-20, or the filter comprises the bulk acoustic wave resonator assembly according to any one of 23-26.
26. An electronic device comprising a filter according to 25, or a bulk acoustic wave resonator according to any of claims 1-20, or a bulk acoustic wave resonator assembly according to any of claims 21-24.
27. A method of manufacturing a bulk acoustic wave resonator according to claim 1, comprising:
step 1: forming the insertion layer on the piezoelectric lower layer;
step 2: forming an insulating layer covering an end face of the insertion layer; and
and step 3: forming a top electrode and a top electrode lead such that at least a portion of the insulating layer is disposed between the electrical connection portion and the interposer to form an electrical isolation between the electrical connection portion and the interposer.
28. The method of 27, wherein:
in step 1, a layer structure formed by a piezoelectric lower layer, an insertion layer and a piezoelectric upper layer is formed on a substrate provided with a bottom electrode and a pin connection part;
the method further comprises, between step 1 and step 2, step 2A: etching the layer structure at a predetermined position to expose at least an end face of the insertion layer, and:
in step 2A, the layer structure is etched to expose the entire side surface of the layer structure, in step 2, the insulating layer covers the entire side surface of the layer structure, and in step 3: the electrical connection part at least covers the insulating layer on the side surface of the layer structure; or
In step 2A, the layer structure is etched to expose the end faces of the piezoelectric upper layer and the insertion layer, in step 2, the insertion layer is laterally etched to form an air layer between the piezoelectric upper layer and the piezoelectric lower layer, the air layer forming the insulating layer, and in step 3, the electrical connection portion directly covers the side faces of the piezoelectric upper layer and the piezoelectric lower layer.
29. The method of 27, wherein:
in step 1, forming a piezoelectric lower layer and an insertion layer on a substrate provided with a bottom electrode and a pin connection portion;
in step 2, the insulating layer covers a part of the top surface of the insertion layer and at least covers the piezoelectric lower layer and the end faces of the insertion layer;
the method further comprises the step 4: forming a piezoelectric upper layer on the structure formed in step 2, the insertion layer being disposed between the piezoelectric upper layer and the piezoelectric lower layer; and is
In step 3, a top electrode and a top electrode lead-out terminal are formed on the structure formed in step 4.
The electronic device includes, but is not limited to, intermediate products such as a radio frequency front end and a filtering and amplifying module, and terminal products such as a mobile phone, WIFI and an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.