WO2018146910A1 - 弾性波装置、高周波フロントエンド回路及び通信装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an elastic wave device using a piston mode, a high-frequency front end circuit, and a communication device.
- an IDT electrode is provided on a piezoelectric substrate. Furthermore, a dielectric layer is provided on the piezoelectric substrate, and the dielectric layer covers the IDT electrode.
- a region where the plurality of first electrode fingers and the plurality of second electrode fingers of the IDT electrode overlap when viewed from the elastic wave propagation direction is a crossing region.
- the crossing region has a central region located in the center and edge regions located on both outer sides of the central region in a direction orthogonal to the elastic wave propagation direction.
- the IDT electrode further has a gap region on both outer sides of the edge region of the crossing region.
- the edge area is a low sound speed area whose sound speed is lower than the sound speed in the central area.
- the gap region is a high sound velocity region where the sound velocity is higher than the sound velocity in the central region.
- Patent Document 1 discloses that a low sound velocity region is formed by providing a titanium strip in the dielectric layer in the edge region.
- the titanium strip is provided in the dielectric layer so as to be separated from the surface of the IDT electrode in the thickness direction.
- the film thickness of the portion between the IDT electrode surface and the titanium strip in the dielectric layer is about 80% of the film thickness of the portion between the IDT electrode surface and the dielectric layer surface in the dielectric layer.
- Patent Document 1 shows an embodiment in which 128 ° Y-cut LiNbO 3 is used as a piezoelectric body, that is, an embodiment using Rayleigh waves, and spurious due to higher-order transverse modes can be reduced under the above conditions.
- the above conditions can be applied to general surface acoustic waves such as Love waves.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an elastic wave device, a high-frequency front-end circuit, and a communication device that use Love waves and can effectively suppress transverse mode spurious.
- An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric body, an IDT electrode provided on the piezoelectric body, a first dielectric film provided on the piezoelectric body and covering the IDT electrode,
- the IDT electrode includes a first bus bar and a second bus bar facing each other, a plurality of first electrode fingers having one end connected to the first bus bar, and one end connected to the second bus bar.
- the elastic wave propagation direction is the first direction
- the elastic wave propagation direction is When the direction orthogonal to the second direction is a second direction, the first electrode finger and the second electrode finger have a crossing region that overlaps in the first direction, and the crossing region is
- the first electrode finger and the second electrode finger in the second direction A central region located in the center, and in the second direction, the first edge region disposed outside the central region on the first bus bar side, and in the second direction, A second edge region disposed on the outer side of the central region on the second bus bar side, and in the second direction, on the outer side of the first edge region on the first bus bar side.
- a love wave is used as the elastic wave, and a mass-added film is provided in the first dielectric film in the first edge region and the second edge region, and the first dielectric film In the body membrane, the IDT electrode and the The film thickness of the portion located between the mass addition film is T1, and the film thickness of the portion located between the surface of the first dielectric film opposite to the piezoelectric body and the mass addition film is When T2, T1 / (T1 + T2) ⁇ 0.5.
- sound speeds of the first edge region and the second edge region are lower than sound speeds of the central region, and the first gap region and the The sound speed of the second gap region is higher than the sound speed of the first edge region and the second edge region.
- a second dielectric film provided on the first dielectric film is further provided.
- the mass addition film contains Ti as a main component.
- the first dielectric film is made of silicon oxide.
- the second dielectric film is made of silicon nitride.
- the acoustic wave device further includes a second dielectric film provided on the first dielectric film, and the electrode finger pitch of the IDT electrode is used.
- the thickness of the second dielectric film is 0.005 ⁇ or more and 0.015 ⁇ or less. In this case, the moisture resistance is unlikely to deteriorate and the frequency adjustment can be performed efficiently.
- the high-frequency front-end circuit according to the present invention includes an elastic wave device configured according to the present invention and a power amplifier.
- the communication device includes a high-frequency front-end circuit configured according to the present invention and an RF signal processing circuit.
- an elastic wave device a high-frequency front-end circuit, and a communication device that use a Love wave and can effectively suppress transverse mode spurious.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of an acoustic wave device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the normalized integral overlap value of the basic mode and the sound speed ratio V2 / V1.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film in the first dielectric film and the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of an acoustic wave device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II in FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a thickness-direction displacement distribution at the resonance frequency when Rayleigh waves are used.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a displacement distribution in the thickness direction at the resonance frequency when a Love wave is used.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the thickness of the second dielectric film, the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film in the first dielectric film, and the sound speed ratio V2 / V1. is there.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 and the normalized integral overlap value when the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film is 0.109.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 and the normalized integral overlap value when the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film is 0.109.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the relationship between the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 and the normalized integral overlap value when the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film is 0.473.
- FIG. 12 shows the minimum normalized integral mode overlap integral value and the thickness of the mass-added film when the thickness of the second dielectric film is in the range of 0.005 ⁇ or more and 0.015 ⁇ or less. It is a figure which shows the relationship with position T1 / (T1 + T2) of a direction.
- FIG. 13 is a front sectional view of an acoustic wave device according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- 14 (a) to 14 (c) are cross-sectional views corresponding to the portion along the line III-III in FIG.
- FIG. 15A and FIG. 15B are cross-sectional views corresponding to the portion along the line III-III in FIG. 1 for explaining an example of the method for manufacturing the acoustic wave device of the first embodiment.
- 16 (a) and 16 (b) are cross-sectional views corresponding to a portion taken along line III-III in FIG. 1, for explaining a modification of the manufacturing method shown in FIG.
- FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram of a communication apparatus having a high-frequency front end circuit.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of an acoustic wave device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a first dielectric film and a second dielectric film which will be described later, are omitted.
- the acoustic wave device 1 has a piezoelectric substrate 2 as a piezoelectric body.
- An IDT electrode 3 is provided on the piezoelectric substrate 2.
- an elastic wave is excited.
- the elastic wave device 1 uses a Love wave as an elastic wave.
- the piezoelectric substrate 2 is made of 0 ° YX LiNbO 3 .
- the piezoelectric substrate 2 may be a piezoelectric body that is strongly excited by Love waves, and is made of, for example, ⁇ 20 ° to 30 ° Y—X LiNbO 3 or ⁇ 10 ° to 40 ° Y—X LiTaO 3. Also good.
- an upper limit value and a lower limit value are included.
- the reflector 6a and the reflector 6b are arranged on both sides of the IDT electrode 3 in the elastic wave propagation direction.
- the elastic wave device of this embodiment is a 1-port type elastic wave resonator.
- the elastic wave device according to the present invention is not limited to a 1-port type elastic wave resonator.
- the IDT electrode 3 has a first bus bar 4a and a second bus bar 5a facing each other.
- the IDT electrode 3 has a plurality of first electrode fingers 4b, one end of which is connected to the first bus bar 4a.
- the IDT electrode 3 has a plurality of second electrode fingers 5b, one end of which is connected to the second bus bar 5a.
- the plurality of first electrode fingers 4b and the plurality of second electrode fingers 5b are interleaved with each other.
- the IDT electrode 3 has a crossing region A, which is a portion where the first electrode finger 4b and the second electrode finger 5b overlap in the elastic wave propagation direction.
- the elastic wave propagation direction is defined as a first direction x
- the direction orthogonal to the elastic wave propagation direction is defined as a second direction y.
- the crossing region A has a central region B located at the center of the first electrode finger 4b and the second electrode finger 5b in the second direction y.
- the crossing region A has a first edge region Ca and a second edge region Cb arranged outside the central region B in the second direction y.
- the first edge region Ca is located on the first bus bar 4a side
- the second edge region Cb is located on the second bus bar 5a side.
- the first edge region Ca and the second edge region Cb are a first low sound velocity region and a second low sound velocity region whose sound velocity is lower than that of the central region B.
- the speed of sound is the propagation speed in the propagation direction of elastic waves.
- the first edge area Ca and the second edge area Cb are provided as areas where the sound speed is lower than the sound speed of the central area B.
- a mass addition film 7 is provided above in order to reduce the sound speed.
- the edge means the tip of the first electrode finger 4 b of the IDT electrode 3.
- the first edge region Ca is a region extending from the edge, which is the tip of the plurality of second electrode fingers 5b, toward the central region B side.
- the first edge region Ca includes the edge of the second electrode finger 5b
- the first edge region Ca extends not only in the portion where the second electrode finger 5b is provided but also in the elastic wave propagation direction in the IDT electrode 3. This is the region of the sound velocity V2. That is, the first edge region Ca includes not only the tip side portion including the edge of the second electrode finger 5b but also all the regions obtained by extending the tip side portion in the elastic wave propagation direction.
- region Cb is an area
- the second edge region Cb is not only the distal end portion including the edge of the first electrode finger 4b, but also between the proximal end portion of the second electrode finger 5b and the first and second electrode fingers 4b, 5b.
- the region also includes a region and is extended in the elastic wave propagation direction in the IDT electrode 3.
- the IDT electrode 3 has a first gap region Da located outside the first edge region Ca in the second direction y.
- the IDT electrode 3 has a second gap region Db located outside the second edge region Cb in the second direction y.
- the first gap region Da is a region between the first edge region Ca and the first bus bar 4a.
- the second gap region Db is a region between the second edge region Cb and the second bus bar 5a.
- the gaps in the first gap region Da and the second gap region Db are between the tips of the first and second electrode fingers 4b and 5b and the second bus bar 5a and the first bus bar 4a. Refers to each area. Since this gap is included, it is expressed as the first gap region Da and the second gap region Db, but the first gap region Da and the second gap region Db are not only gaps but also gaps. Is an area extending in the elastic wave propagation direction in the IDT electrode 3.
- the first gap region Da and the second gap region Db are a first high sound velocity region and a second high sound velocity region, in which the sound velocity is higher than the sound velocity in the central region B.
- the first high sound velocity region only needs to be provided outside the first edge region Ca on the first bus bar 4a side in the second direction y, and the second high sound velocity region is the second high sound velocity region.
- the second edge region Cb may be provided on the second bus bar 5a side.
- the IDT electrode 3 is made of Cu.
- the IDT electrode 3 may be made of a metal other than Cu.
- a metal having a relatively high density such as Au, Pt, W, Ta, or Mo, is preferably used in addition to Cu.
- the IDT electrode 3 may be composed of a laminated metal film in which a plurality of metal films are laminated.
- a metal film made of a metal having a relatively low electrical resistance such as Al may be laminated on the metal film made of a metal having a relatively high density as described above.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.
- a first dielectric film 8 is provided on the piezoelectric substrate 2.
- the first dielectric film 8 covers the IDT electrode 3.
- the first dielectric film 8 is made of silicon oxide such as SiO 2 .
- the absolute value of a frequency temperature coefficient can be made small and a frequency temperature characteristic can be improved.
- the surface of the IDT electrode 3 can be protected, and the IDT electrode 3 is hardly damaged.
- the material of the first dielectric film 8 is not limited to the above, and may be, for example, silicon oxynitride or tellurium oxide.
- the second dielectric film 9 is provided on the first dielectric film 8.
- the second dielectric film 9 is made of silicon nitride such as SiN.
- the material of the second dielectric film 9 is not limited to the above, and may be, for example, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, or silicon oxynitride.
- FIG. 2 shows a cross section of the acoustic wave device 1 along the first direction in the central region.
- FIG. 3 shows a cross section of the acoustic wave device 1 along the first direction in the first edge region.
- the mass addition film 7 is provided in the first dielectric film 8 in the first edge region.
- the first dielectric film 8 includes a first layer 8a and a second layer 8b provided on the first layer 8a.
- the mass addition film 7 is provided on the first layer 8a, and the mass addition film 7 is covered with the second layer 8b.
- the thickness of the portion located between the IDT electrode 3 and the mass addition film 7 is T1, and the first dielectric film 8 is opposite to the piezoelectric substrate 2 side.
- the film thickness of the portion located between the surface and the mass addition film 7 is T2.
- the position in the thickness direction of the mass addition film 7 can be represented by T1 / (T1 + T2).
- T1 / (T1 + T2) ⁇ 0.5.
- the mass addition film 7 is disposed at a position closer to the IDT electrode 3 than the surface of the first dielectric film 8 opposite to the IDT electrode 3 side.
- the mass addition film 7 is provided in the second edge region.
- the mass addition film 7 has a strip shape extending in the first direction x. In a plan view, the mass addition film 7 overlaps the plurality of first electrode fingers 4b and the plurality of second electrode fingers 5b. In addition, the mass addition film
- the mass addition film 7 is mainly composed of Ti.
- the main component means that 50% by weight or more of the mass addition film 7 may be made of Ti, and the mass addition film 7 may be made of Ti alone.
- the material of the mass addition film 7 is not limited to the above.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. In FIG. 4, the boundary between the first layer and the second layer is indicated by a broken line.
- the protruding portion 8c is provided on the surface of the first dielectric film 8 opposite to the piezoelectric substrate 2 side.
- the protrusion 8 c is a protrusion along the shape of the mass addition film 7.
- the dimension in the thickness direction of the protrusion 8 c is substantially the same as the film thickness of the mass addition film 7. Note that “substantially the same” means that the filter characteristics of the acoustic wave device are the same so as not to deteriorate.
- the second dielectric film 9 is also provided with a protruding portion along the protruding portion 8 c of the first dielectric film 8.
- the film thickness T of the first dielectric film 8 in the central region B is the sum of the film thickness T1 and the film thickness T2.
- the film thickness of the first dielectric film 8 refers to the film thickness of the portion of the first dielectric film 8 on the IDT electrode 3.
- the film thickness T is the sum of the film thickness T1, the film thickness T2, and the film thickness of the mass addition film 7.
- the material of the piezoelectric substrate 2 and the materials and film thicknesses of the IDT electrode 3, the first dielectric film 8, the second dielectric film 9, and the mass addition film 7 are as follows.
- the wavelength defined by the electrode finger pitch of the IDT electrode 3 is ⁇ .
- Each film thickness is shown as a film thickness normalized to the wavelength ⁇ .
- Each film thickness is not limited to the following values.
- Piezoelectric substrate Material 0 ° YX LiNbO 3 IDT electrode: Material Cu, film thickness 0.05 ⁇ First dielectric film: material SiO 2 , film thickness 0.275 ⁇ Second dielectric film: material SiN, film thickness 0.01 ⁇ Mass addition film: material Ti, film thickness 0.0566 ⁇
- the mass addition film 7 is provided in the first edge area Ca and the second edge area Cb, the first edge area Ca and the second edge area than the sound speed in the central area B are provided.
- the acoustic velocity of the elastic wave at Cb is low.
- the sound velocity of the elastic wave in the central region B is V1
- the sound velocity of the elastic wave in the first edge region Ca and the second edge region Cb is V2.
- the first edge area Ca is set as the first low sound speed area
- the second edge area Cb is set as the second low sound speed area.
- the mass addition film 7 is made of Ti, but the material of the mass addition film 7 may be any material that has a higher density than the first dielectric film 8.
- the density of the mass adding film 7, 4000 kg / m 3 or more, is preferably at 25000kg / m 3 or less. If the density of the mass addition film 7 is too low, the thickness of the first low sound velocity region, the second low sound velocity region, and the central region becomes excessively large so that the necessary difference is obtained. Voids and cracks may occur in the first dielectric film 8 formed on the film 7.
- the film thickness for making the difference in sound speed necessary will be excessively small, so that the dispersion of the film thickness with respect to the film thickness value becomes large, and the dispersion of the sound speed difference becomes large. .
- the first electrode finger 4b is the only part located in the first gap region Da.
- the part located in the second gap region Db is only the second electrode finger 5b.
- the sound velocity of the elastic wave in the first gap region Da and the second gap region Db is higher than the sound velocity of the elastic wave in the central region B.
- the acoustic velocity of the elastic wave in the first and second gap regions Da and Db is V3.
- the first gap region Da and the second gap region Db are the first high sound velocity region and the second high sound velocity region that have higher sound speed than the central region B.
- the first low sound velocity region and the second low sound velocity region are arranged outside the central region B, and the first high sound velocity region and the second low sound velocity region are outside the first high sound velocity region and the second low sound velocity region.
- a sound speed region and a second high sound speed region are arranged.
- the dimension along the second direction y of the first low sound velocity region and the second low sound velocity region is defined as the width of the first low sound velocity region and the second low sound velocity region.
- the elastic wave device 1 uses the piston mode.
- the spurious due to the higher-order transverse mode is referred to as transverse mode spurious.
- FIG. 1 shows the relationship between the above sound velocities V1 to V3. In addition, it shows that a sound speed is high as it goes to the left side in FIG.
- the feature of this embodiment is that a Love wave is used, and the mass addition film 7 is provided at a position where T1 / (T1 + T2) ⁇ 0.5 in the first dielectric film. . Thereby, transverse mode spurious can be effectively suppressed. This will be described below.
- the normalized integral overlap value of the basic mode described in JP 2013-518455 A is used as an index of the magnitude of the effect of suppressing the transverse mode spurious by the piston mode. The closer the integral value is to 1, the more lateral mode spurious is suppressed.
- a dimension along the second direction y of the crossing region is defined as a crossing width.
- the value of the anisotropy coefficient is a value when 0 ° YX LiNbO 3 is used for the piezoelectric substrate and a Love wave is used as in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the normalized integral overlap value of the basic mode and the sound speed ratio V2 / V1.
- the overlapped integral value of the normalized fundamental mode is about 0.989, which is a value close to 1, and is almost constant.
- the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 is greater than 0.98, the integrated value decreases rapidly. Therefore, the transverse mode spurious can be effectively suppressed under the condition that the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 is 0.98 or less.
- Piezoelectric substrate Material 0 ° YX LiNbO 3 IDT electrode: Material Cu, film thickness 0.05 ⁇ First dielectric film: material SiO 2 , film thickness 0.275 ⁇ Second dielectric film: material SiN, film thickness 0.01 ⁇ Mass addition film: material Ti, film thickness 0.0566 ⁇ Elastic wave used: Love wave
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film in the first dielectric film and the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1.
- the mass addition film is provided in the first dielectric film at a position where T1 / (T1 + T2) ⁇ 0.5, the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 becomes 0.98 or less, and the transverse mode spurious is obtained. Can be effectively suppressed.
- the relationship shown in FIG. 6 in the elastic wave device 1 using the Love wave is greatly different from the case of using the Rayleigh wave. This is because the displacement distribution in the thickness direction is greatly different between when the Love wave is used and when the Rayleigh wave is used.
- the displacement distribution in the comparative example using the Rayleigh wave and the displacement distribution in the present embodiment are shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 below.
- the elastic wave device of the comparative example is different from that of the first embodiment in that the piezoelectric substrate is made of 128 ° YX LiNbO 3 where the Rayleigh wave is strongly excited.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the thickness direction displacement distribution at the resonance frequency when Rayleigh waves are used.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a displacement distribution in the thickness direction at the resonance frequency when a Love wave is used.
- the displacement shown in FIG.7 and FIG.8 is a displacement in the part in which the mass addition film
- the displacement due to the Rayleigh wave is maximum near the surface of the first dielectric film on the side opposite to the piezoelectric substrate side.
- the displacement due to the Love wave is maximum in the vicinity of the IDT electrode.
- the mass addition film in the first dielectric film is positioned closer to the IDT electrode side than the second dielectric film side in the first dielectric film.
- the acoustic wave device 1 has the second dielectric film.
- the frequency is adjusted by adjusting the thickness of the second dielectric film.
- the mass addition film is provided in the first low sound velocity region and the second low sound velocity region, and the mass addition film is not provided in the central region. Therefore, the rate of change of the sound velocity V2 in the first low sound velocity region and the second low sound velocity region with respect to the change in the film thickness of the second dielectric film is different from the rate of change of the sound velocity V1 in the central region. is there. Therefore, the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 may change by adjusting the film thickness of the second dielectric film.
- the film thickness of the second dielectric film after frequency adjustment is preferably in the range of 0.005 ⁇ or more and 0.015 ⁇ or less.
- the second dielectric film also has a function as a moisture-resistant protective film. If the thickness of the second dielectric film is too thin after the frequency adjustment, the moisture resistance may deteriorate. On the other hand, if the thickness of the second dielectric film is too large, the amount of change in frequency relative to the amount of change in film thickness becomes small, and it may be difficult to perform frequency adjustment efficiently.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the thickness of the second dielectric film, the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film in the first dielectric film, and the sound speed ratio V2 / V1. is there.
- the solid line indicates the result when the thickness of the second dielectric film is 0.01 ⁇ .
- the broken line shows the result when the thickness of the second dielectric film is 0.005 ⁇ .
- the alternate long and short dash line indicates the result when the thickness of the second dielectric film is 0.015 ⁇ .
- the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 is different due to the difference in film thickness of the second dielectric film.
- T1 / (T1 + T2) 0.109
- the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 is 0.9773 when the thickness of the second dielectric film is 0.015 ⁇
- the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 is 0.9784.
- the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 changes within a range of 0.9773 or more and 0.9784 or less by adjusting the film thickness of the second dielectric film. Become. The smaller the change in the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 due to the different film thicknesses of the second dielectric film, the more difficult it is to deviate from the optimum piston mode conditions in the acoustic wave device 1. The change in the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 becomes smaller as the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film is closer to 0.4, and the transverse mode spurious can be more reliably suppressed.
- the preferable range of the position in the thickness direction of the mass addition film was examined in more detail.
- T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass-added film the relationship between the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 and the normalized overlap integral value of the basic mode was obtained.
- the conditions are as follows.
- FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show the relationship between the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 obtained above and the normalized integral overlap value of the basic mode.
- the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film was set to 0.109 and 0.473.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 and the normalized integral overlap value when the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass-added film is 0.109.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the relationship between the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 and the normalized integral overlap value when the position T1 / (T1 + T2) in the thickness direction of the mass addition film is 0.473.
- Each one-dot chain line in FIG. 10 indicates the sound velocity ratio V2 / V1 when the thickness of the second dielectric film is 0.005 ⁇ , 0.01 ⁇ , and 0.015 ⁇ . The same applies to each dot-and-dash line in FIG.
- the sound speed ratio V2 / V1 with respect to the amount of change in the film thickness of the second dielectric film is 0.9878 when 0.015 ⁇ .
- the overlapped integral value of the normalized basic mode can be set to a larger value.
- FIG. 12 shows the minimum normalized integral mode overlap integral value and the thickness of the mass-added film when the thickness of the second dielectric film is in the range of 0.005 ⁇ or more and 0.015 ⁇ or less. It is a figure which shows the relationship with position T1 / (T1 + T2) of a direction.
- the position in the thickness direction of the mass addition film is preferably in the range of 0.24 ⁇ T1 / (T1 + T2) ⁇ 0.49.
- the overlap integral value of the normalized fundamental mode can be 0.9876 or more.
- the position in the thickness direction of the mass addition film is more preferably in the range of 0.32 ⁇ T1 / (T1 + T2) ⁇ 0.44.
- the overlap integral value of the normalized fundamental mode can be set to 0.9880 or more, and the integral value can be made closer to 1. Therefore, the transverse mode spurious can be more effectively and more reliably suppressed.
- the first high sound velocity region and the second high sound velocity region are between the first bus bar 4a and the first edge region Ca and between the second bus bar 5a and the second high sound velocity region. Between the two edge regions Cb. Note that the first high sound speed region and the second high sound speed region may be provided in the first bus bar 4a and the second bus bar 5a.
- the piezoelectric body is the piezoelectric substrate 2, but the piezoelectric body may be the piezoelectric thin film 22 as in the modification of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 13.
- a low sound velocity film 23 may be provided on the surface of the piezoelectric thin film 22 opposite to the surface on which the IDT electrode 3 is provided.
- a high sound speed member 24 may be provided on the surface of the low sound speed film 23 opposite to the piezoelectric thin film 22 side.
- the low acoustic velocity film 23 is a membrane in which the acoustic velocity of the bulk wave propagating is lower than the acoustic velocity of the elastic wave propagating through the piezoelectric thin film 22.
- the low acoustic velocity film 23 is made of, for example, a material mainly composed of glass, silicon oxynitride, tantalum oxide, or a compound obtained by adding fluorine, carbon, or boron to silicon oxide.
- the material of the low sound velocity film 23 may be a material having a relatively low sound velocity.
- the high sound velocity member 24 is a member in which the sound velocity of the bulk wave propagating is higher than the sound velocity of the elastic wave propagating through the piezoelectric thin film 22.
- the high acoustic velocity member 24 is made of, for example, aluminum nitride, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon, a DLC film, or a material mainly composed of diamond.
- the material of the high sound speed member 24 may be a material having a relatively high sound speed.
- the high sound speed member 24 may be a high sound speed film or a high sound speed substrate. As described above, when the low sound velocity film 23 and the high sound velocity member 24 are provided, the energy of the elastic wave can be effectively confined.
- FIGS. 15A and 15B are cross-sectional views corresponding to the portion along the line III-III in FIG. 1, for explaining an example of the method of manufacturing the acoustic wave device of the first embodiment. is there.
- FIGS. 15A and 15B are cross-sectional views corresponding to the portion along the line III-III in FIG. 1 for explaining an example of the method for manufacturing the acoustic wave device of the first embodiment. is there.
- the boundary between the first layer and the second layer is indicated by a broken line.
- the piezoelectric substrate 2 is prepared.
- the IDT electrode 3 is formed on the piezoelectric substrate 2.
- the IDT electrode 3 can be formed by, for example, a sputtering method or a vapor deposition method.
- a first layer 8 a is formed on the piezoelectric substrate 2 so as to cover the IDT electrode 3.
- the first layer 8a can be formed by, for example, a sputtering method.
- a protrusion along the shape of the IDT electrode 3 is formed on the surface of the first layer 8a opposite to the piezoelectric substrate 2 side.
- the surface of the first layer 8a is planarized. Thereby, the protrusion is removed and the film thickness of the first layer 8a is adjusted. Note that the planarization of the surface of the first layer 8a is not necessarily performed. In this case, what is necessary is just to adjust the film thickness of the 1st layer 8a in the case of formation of the 1st layer 8a.
- the thickness of the portion of the first layer 8a on the IDT electrode 3 corresponds to the thickness T1 shown in FIG.
- the mass addition film 7 is formed on the first layer 8a.
- the mass addition film 7 is formed in the first edge region and the second edge region.
- a film for the mass addition film 7 is formed on the first layer 8a by a sputtering method, a vapor deposition method, or the like.
- the film for the mass addition film 7 is patterned by photolithography and etching.
- the mass addition film 7 may be formed by a lift-off method.
- the second layer 8 b is formed on the first layer 8 a so as to cover the mass addition film 7.
- the second layer 8b can be formed by, for example, a sputtering method.
- the first dielectric film 8 can be formed, and the mass addition film 7 can be disposed in the first dielectric film 8.
- a protruding portion 8 c is formed along the shape of the IDT electrode 3 on the surface of the first dielectric film 8 opposite to the piezoelectric substrate 2 side.
- a second dielectric film 9 is laminated on the first dielectric film 8. 16A and 16B, the surface of the first dielectric film 8 opposite to the piezoelectric substrate 2 side is flattened after the step shown in FIG. 15A. After that, the second dielectric film 9 may be formed on the first dielectric film 8.
- the elastic wave device is a one-port type elastic wave resonator.
- this invention can be applied suitably also for elastic wave apparatuses other than the above.
- the elastic wave device can be used as a duplexer for a high-frequency front end circuit. This example is described below.
- FIG. 17 is a configuration diagram of a communication apparatus having a high-frequency front end circuit.
- components connected to the high-frequency front-end circuit 230 for example, the antenna element 202 and the RF signal processing circuit (RFIC) 203 are also shown.
- the high-frequency front end circuit 230 and the RF signal processing circuit 203 constitute a communication device 240.
- the communication device 240 may include a power supply, a CPU, and a display.
- the high-frequency front-end circuit 230 includes a switch 225, duplexers 201A and 201B, filters 231, 232, low-noise amplifier circuits 214, 224, and power amplifier circuits 234a, 234b, 244a, 244b. Note that the high-frequency front-end circuit 230 and the communication device 240 in FIG. 17 are examples of the high-frequency front-end circuit and the communication device, and are not limited to this configuration.
- the duplexer 201A includes filters 211 and 212.
- the duplexer 201B includes filters 221 and 222.
- the duplexers 201 ⁇ / b> A and 201 ⁇ / b> B are connected to the antenna element 202 via the switch 225.
- the said elastic wave apparatus may be duplexers 201A and 201B, and may be filters 211, 212, 221 and 222.
- the elastic wave device may be an elastic wave resonator constituting the duplexers 201A, 201B and the filters 211, 212, 221, 222.
- the elastic wave device is also applicable to a multiplexer having three or more filters, such as a triplexer in which the antenna terminals of three filters are shared, and a hexaplexer in which the antenna terminals of six filters are shared. Can do.
- the acoustic wave device includes an acoustic wave resonator, a filter, a duplexer, and a multiplexer including three or more filters.
- the multiplexer is not limited to the configuration including both the transmission filter and the reception filter, and may be configured to include only the transmission filter or only the reception filter.
- the switch 225 connects the antenna element 202 and a signal path corresponding to a predetermined band in accordance with a control signal from a control unit (not shown), and is configured by, for example, a SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) type switch. .
- a SPDT Single Pole Double Throw
- the number of signal paths connected to the antenna element 202 is not limited to one and may be plural. That is, the high frequency front end circuit 230 may support carrier aggregation.
- the low noise amplifier circuit 214 is a reception amplification circuit that amplifies a high frequency signal (here, a high frequency reception signal) via the antenna element 202, the switch 225, and the duplexer 201A and outputs the amplified signal to the RF signal processing circuit 203.
- the low noise amplifier circuit 224 is a reception amplification circuit that amplifies a high-frequency signal (here, a high-frequency reception signal) that has passed through the antenna element 202, the switch 225, and the duplexer 201B, and outputs the amplified signal to the RF signal processing circuit 203.
- the power amplifier circuits 234a and 234b are transmission amplifier circuits that amplify the high frequency signal (here, the high frequency transmission signal) output from the RF signal processing circuit 203 and output the amplified signal to the antenna element 202 via the duplexer 201A and the switch 225.
- the power amplifier circuits 244a and 244b are transmission amplifier circuits that amplify the high-frequency signal (here, the high-frequency transmission signal) output from the RF signal processing circuit 203 and output the amplified signal to the antenna element 202 via the duplexer 201B and the switch 225. .
- the RF signal processing circuit 203 processes the high-frequency reception signal input from the antenna element 202 via the reception signal path by down-conversion or the like, and outputs a reception signal generated by the signal processing.
- the RF signal processing circuit 203 performs signal processing on the input transmission signal by up-conversion or the like, and outputs a high-frequency transmission signal generated by the signal processing to the low noise amplifier circuit 224.
- the RF signal processing circuit 203 is, for example, an RFIC.
- the communication apparatus may include a BB (baseband) IC. In this case, the BBIC processes the received signal processed by the RFIC.
- the BBIC processes the transmission signal and outputs it to the RFIC.
- the reception signal processed by the BBIC and the transmission signal before the signal processing by the BBIC are, for example, an image signal or an audio signal.
- the high-frequency front end circuit 230 may include other circuit elements between the above-described components.
- the high-frequency front end circuit 230 may include a duplexer according to a modification of the duplexers 201A and 201B instead of the duplexers 201A and 201B.
- the filters 231 and 232 in the communication device 240 are connected between the RF signal processing circuit 203 and the switch 225 without passing through the low noise amplifier circuits 214 and 224 and the power amplifier circuits 234a, 234b, 244a and 244b.
- the filters 231 and 232 are also connected to the antenna element 202 via the switch 225, similarly to the duplexers 201A and 201B.
- the high-frequency front-end circuit 230 and the communication device 240 configured as described above, by including the elastic wave device of the present invention, an acoustic wave resonator, a filter, a duplexer, a multiplexer including three or more filters, and the like.
- the elastic wave device of the present invention by including the elastic wave device of the present invention, an acoustic wave resonator, a filter, a duplexer, a multiplexer including three or more filters, and the like.
- the elastic wave device, the high-frequency front-end circuit, and the communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described with reference to the embodiment and its modified examples, but are realized by combining arbitrary components in the above-described embodiment and modified examples.
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, various modifications conceived by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the high-frequency front-end circuit and communication device according to the present invention.
- Various built-in devices are also included in the present invention.
- the present invention can be widely used in communication devices such as mobile phones as an elastic wave resonator, a filter, a duplexer, a multiplexer, a front-end circuit, and a communication device that can be applied to a multiband system.
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IDT電極:材料Cu、膜厚0.05λ
第1の誘電体膜:材料SiO2、膜厚0.275λ
第2の誘電体膜:材料SiN、膜厚0.01λ
質量付加膜:材料Ti、膜厚0.0566λ
第1の高音速領域及び第2の高音速領域と中央領域との音速比V3/V1:1.08
異方性係数(下記の式[1]の1+Γ):1.24
第1の低音速領域及び第2の低音速領域の幅:下記の式[1]に従い設定
IDT電極:材料Cu、膜厚0.05λ
第1の誘電体膜:材料SiO2、膜厚0.275λ
第2の誘電体膜:材料SiN、膜厚0.01λ
質量付加膜:材料Ti、膜厚0.0566λ
使用する弾性波:ラブ波
音速比V3/V1:1.08
異方性係数(1+Γ):1.24
第1の低音速領域及び第2の低音速領域の幅:第2の誘電体膜がSiNからなり、膜厚が0.01λである場合の音速比を用いて、上記の式[数1](特表2013-518455号公報の式[数5]を参照)で求めた値
2…圧電基板
3…IDT電極
4a,5a…第1,第2のバスバー
4b,5b…第1,第2の電極指
6a,6b…反射器
7…質量付加膜
8…第1の誘電体膜
8a,8b…第1,第2の層
8c…突出部
9…第2の誘電体膜
16…開口部
22…圧電薄膜
23…低音速膜
24…高音速部材
201A,201B…デュプレクサ
202…アンテナ素子
203…RF信号処理回路
211,212…フィルタ
214…ローノイズアンプ回路
221,222…フィルタ
224…ローノイズアンプ回路
225…スイッチ
230…高周波フロントエンド回路
231,232…フィルタ
234a,234b…パワーアンプ回路
240…通信装置
244a,244b…パワーアンプ回路
Claims (10)
- 圧電体と、
前記圧電体上に設けられているIDT電極と、
前記圧電体上に設けられており、前記IDT電極を覆っている第1の誘電体膜と、
を備え、
前記IDT電極が、互いに対向し合う第1のバスバー及び第2のバスバーと、前記第1のバスバーに一端が接続された複数の第1の電極指と、前記第2のバスバーに一端が接続されており、かつ前記複数の第1の電極指と間挿し合っている複数の第2の電極指と、を有し、
弾性波伝搬方向を第1の方向とし、弾性波伝搬方向に直交する方向を第2の方向としたときに、前記第1の電極指と前記第2の電極指とが前記第1の方向において重なり合っている部分である交叉領域を有し、
前記交叉領域が、前記第2の方向における前記第1の電極指及び前記第2の電極指の中央に位置している中央領域と、前記第2の方向において、前記中央領域の前記第1のバスバー側の外側に配置されている、第1のエッジ領域と、前記第2の方向において、前記中央領域の前記第2のバスバー側の外側に配置されている、第2のエッジ領域と、を有し、
前記第2の方向において、前記第1のエッジ領域の前記第1のバスバー側の外側に配置されている、第1のギャップ領域と、前記第2の方向において、前記第2のエッジ領域の前記第2のバスバー側の外側に配置されている、第2のギャップ領域と、が設けられており、
弾性波としてラブ波を用いており、
前記第1のエッジ領域及び前記第2のエッジ領域において、質量付加膜が前記第1の誘電体膜中に設けられており、
前記第1の誘電体膜において、前記IDT電極と前記質量付加膜との間に位置する部分の膜厚をT1とし、前記第1の誘電体膜の前記圧電体側とは反対側の面と前記質量付加膜との間に位置する部分の膜厚をT2としたときに、T1/(T1+T2)<0.5である、弾性波装置。 - 前記第1のエッジ領域及び前記第2のエッジ領域の音速が、前記中央領域の音速よりも低速であり、前記第1のギャップ領域及び前記第2のギャップ領域の音速が、前記第1のエッジ領域及び前記第2のエッジ領域の音速よりも高速である、請求項1に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記第1の誘電体膜上に設けられている第2の誘電体膜をさらに備え、
前記第1の誘電体膜において、0.24≦T1/(T1+T2)≦0.49である、請求項1または2に記載の弾性波装置。 - 前記第1の誘電体膜において、0.32≦T1/(T1+T2)≦0.44である、請求項3に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記質量付加膜がTiを主成分とする、請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記第1の誘電体膜が酸化ケイ素からなる、請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記第2の誘電体膜が窒化ケイ素からなる、請求項3または4に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記第1の誘電体膜上に設けられている第2の誘電体膜をさらに備え、
前記IDT電極の電極指ピッチにより規定される波長をλとした場合に、前記第2の誘電体膜の厚みが0.005λ以上、0.015λ以下である、請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。 - 請求項1~8のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置と、
パワーアンプと、
を備える、高周波フロントエンド回路。 - 請求項9に記載の高周波フロントエンド回路と、
RF信号処理回路と、
を備える、通信装置。
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