WO2023136294A1 - 弾性波装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to elastic wave devices.
- acoustic wave devices have been widely used in filters for mobile phones.
- an elastic wave device using a thickness-shear mode bulk wave as described in Patent Document 1 below.
- a piezoelectric layer is provided on a support.
- a pair of electrodes is provided on the piezoelectric layer.
- the paired electrodes face each other on the piezoelectric layer and are connected to different potentials.
- an AC voltage between the electrodes By applying an AC voltage between the electrodes, a thickness-shear mode bulk wave is excited.
- a protective film may be provided on the piezoelectric layer so as to cover the electrodes for exciting elastic waves.
- the inventors have found that when a protective film is provided as described above, unnecessary waves are generated due to the protective film. The frequency at which the unwanted wave is generated is close to the anti-resonant frequency. Therefore, when the acoustic wave device is used in the filter device, the filter characteristics may deteriorate.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an elastic wave device capable of keeping the frequency at which unwanted waves are generated away from the anti-resonance frequency.
- An acoustic wave device comprises a support member including a support substrate; a piezoelectric substrate provided on the support member and having a piezoelectric layer made of lithium tantalate or lithium niobate; a functional electrode having at least one pair of electrode fingers, and a dielectric film provided on the piezoelectric layer so as to cover the at least one pair of electrode fingers.
- An acoustic reflection portion is formed at a position that overlaps at least a part of the functional electrode, and d/p is 0.5, where d is the thickness of the piezoelectric layer and p is the center-to-center distance between the adjacent electrode fingers.
- the electrode fingers have a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction, and a side surface connected to the first surface and the second surface.
- the second surface of the first surface and the second surface is located on the piezoelectric layer side, and the dielectric film covers the first surfaces of the electrode fingers. It has an electrode finger surface cover portion, a side surface cover portion covering the side surface of the electrode finger, and a piezoelectric layer cover portion covering the piezoelectric layer, wherein the electrode finger surface cover portion covers the electrode finger.
- connection portion is defined as a portion where the side cover portion and the piezoelectric layer cover portion are connected, including a central portion located in the center in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction, and the minimum thickness of the connection portion is tcm. , tcm ⁇ 0, and te>tcm, where te is the thickness of the central portion of the electrode finger surface cover portion.
- an elastic wave device capable of keeping the frequency at which unwanted waves are generated away from the anti-resonant frequency.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an elastic wave device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line II in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of the first electrode finger along line II-II in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a portion corresponding to a cross section taken along line II-II in FIG. 1 of an elastic wave device of a comparative example.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing impedance frequency characteristics in the first embodiment and comparative example of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the electrode-finger facing direction, showing the vicinity of the first electrode fingers in the modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an elastic wave device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line II in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-section
- FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of a filter device according to a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 8(a) is a schematic perspective view showing the external appearance of an elastic wave device that utilizes a thickness shear mode bulk wave
- FIG. 8(b) is a plan view showing an electrode structure on a piezoelectric layer.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view along line AA in FIG. 8(a).
- FIG. 10(a) is a schematic front cross-sectional view for explaining a Lamb wave propagating through a piezoelectric film of an acoustic wave device
- FIG. 10(b) is a thickness shear propagating
- FIG. 2 is a schematic front cross-sectional view for explaining bulk waves in a mode;
- FIG. 10(a) is a schematic perspective view showing the external appearance of an elastic wave device that utilizes a thickness shear mode bulk wave
- FIG. 8(b) is a plan view showing an electrode structure on a piezoelectric layer.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing amplitude directions of bulk waves in the thickness shear mode.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing resonance characteristics of an elastic wave device that utilizes bulk waves in a thickness-shear mode.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the relationship between d/p and the fractional bandwidth of the resonator, where p is the center-to-center distance between adjacent electrodes and d is the thickness of the piezoelectric layer.
- FIG. 14 is a plan view of an acoustic wave device that utilizes thickness-shear mode bulk waves.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the resonance characteristics of the elastic wave device of the reference example in which spurious appears.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the relationship between the fractional bandwidth and the amount of phase rotation of the spurious impedance normalized by 180 degrees as the magnitude of the spurious.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the relationship between d/2p and metallization ratio MR.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a map of the fractional bandwidth with respect to the Euler angles (0°, ⁇ , ⁇ ) of LiNbO 3 when d/p is infinitely close to 0.
- FIG. FIG. 19 is a front cross-sectional view of an elastic wave device having an acoustic multilayer film.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an elastic wave device according to the first embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line II in FIG. Note that a dielectric film, which will be described later, is omitted in FIG.
- the acoustic wave device 10 has a piezoelectric substrate 12 and an IDT electrode 11.
- the piezoelectric substrate 12 has a support member 13 and a piezoelectric layer 14 .
- the support member 13 includes a support substrate 16 and an insulating layer 15 .
- An insulating layer 15 is provided on the support substrate 16 .
- a piezoelectric layer 14 is provided on the insulating layer 15 .
- the support member 13 may be composed of only the support substrate 16 .
- the piezoelectric layer 14 has a first main surface 14a and a second main surface 14b.
- the first main surface 14a and the second main surface 14b face each other.
- the second principal surface 14b is located on the support member 13 side.
- the material of the support substrate 16 for example, semiconductors such as silicon, ceramics such as aluminum oxide, and the like can be used.
- the insulating layer 15 any suitable dielectric such as silicon oxide or tantalum oxide can be used.
- the piezoelectric layer 14 is, for example, a lithium niobate layer such as a LiNbO3 layer or a lithium tantalate layer such as a LiTaO3 layer.
- the insulating layer 15 is provided with recesses.
- a piezoelectric layer 14 is provided on the insulating layer 15 so as to close the recess.
- a hollow portion is thus formed.
- This hollow portion is the hollow portion 10a.
- the support member 13 and the piezoelectric layer 14 are arranged such that a portion of the support member 13 and a portion of the piezoelectric layer 14 face each other with the hollow portion 10a interposed therebetween.
- the recess in the support member 13 may be provided over the insulating layer 15 and the support substrate 16 .
- the recess provided only in the support substrate 16 may be closed with the insulating layer 15 .
- the recess may be provided in the piezoelectric layer 14 .
- the hollow portion 10 a may be a through hole provided in the support member 13 .
- An IDT electrode 11 as a functional electrode is provided on the first main surface 14a of the piezoelectric layer 14. As shown in FIG. A dielectric film 25 is provided on the first main surface 14 a so as to cover the IDT electrodes 11 .
- a material of the dielectric film 25 for example, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, or the like can be used. However, the material of the dielectric film 25 is not limited to the above.
- the term “planar view” refers to viewing from the direction corresponding to the upper side in FIG. 2 along the stacking direction of the support member 13 and the piezoelectric layer 14 .
- the piezoelectric layer 14 side is the upper side.
- the IDT electrode 11 has a pair of busbars and a plurality of electrode fingers.
- a pair of busbars is specifically a first busbar 26 and a second busbar 27 .
- the first busbar 26 and the second busbar 27 face each other.
- the plurality of electrode fingers are specifically a plurality of first electrode fingers 28 and a plurality of second electrode fingers 29 .
- One ends of the plurality of first electrode fingers 28 are each connected to the first bus bar 26 .
- One ends of the plurality of second electrode fingers 29 are each connected to the second bus bar 27 .
- the plurality of first electrode fingers 28 and the plurality of second electrode fingers 29 are interleaved with each other.
- the IDT electrode 11 may be composed of a single-layer metal film, or may be composed of a laminated metal film.
- the functional electrode in the present invention only needs to have at least one pair of first electrode finger 28 and second electrode finger 29 .
- the first electrode finger 28 and the second electrode finger 29 may be simply referred to as electrode fingers.
- the electrode finger extending direction When the direction in which a plurality of electrode fingers extends is defined as the electrode finger extending direction, and the direction in which adjacent electrode fingers face each other is defined as the electrode finger facing direction, in the present embodiment, the electrode finger extending direction and the electrode finger facing direction are Orthogonal.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of the first electrode finger along line II-II in FIG.
- Each first electrode finger 28 has a first surface 11a and a second surface 11b.
- the first surface 11a and the second surface 11b face each other in the thickness direction.
- the second surface 11b is located on the piezoelectric layer 14 side.
- Each first electrode finger 28 has a side surface.
- the side surfaces are connected to the first surface 11a and the second surface 11b. More specifically, the sides include a first side portion 11c and a second side portion 11d.
- the first side portion 11c and the second side portion 11d are opposed to each other in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the electrode fingers.
- each second electrode finger 29 shown in FIG. 2 also has a first surface 11a and a second surface 11b, and a first side portion 11c and a second side portion 11d.
- the elastic wave device 10 of the present embodiment is an elastic wave resonator configured to be able to use bulk waves in thickness-shear mode. More specifically, in the elastic wave device 10, d/p is 0.5 or less, where d is the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 14 and p is the center-to-center distance between adjacent electrode fingers. As a result, thickness-shear mode bulk waves are preferably excited. Note that when viewed from the electrode finger facing direction, the region where the adjacent electrode fingers overlap each other and the region between the centers of the adjacent electrode fingers is the excitation region. In each excitation region, a thickness-shear mode bulk wave is excited.
- a hollow portion 10a shown in FIG. 2 is an acoustic reflection portion in the present invention.
- the acoustic reflector can effectively confine the energy of the elastic wave to the piezoelectric layer 14 side.
- an acoustic reflection film such as an acoustic multilayer film, which will be described later, may be provided.
- the IDT electrodes 11 are covered with the dielectric film 25 .
- the dielectric film 25 has an electrode finger surface cover portion 25a, a side surface cover portion, a piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b, and a connection portion.
- the electrode finger surface cover portion 25a is a portion that covers the first surface 11a of the electrode finger.
- the electrode finger surface cover portion 25a includes a central portion 25x.
- the center portion 25x is a portion of the electrode finger surface cover portion 25a located at the center in the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the electrode finger.
- the side cover part is a part that covers the side surface of the electrode finger. More specifically, the side cover portion includes a first side cover portion 25c and a second side cover portion 25d.
- the first side cover portion 25c covers the first side portion 11c of the electrode finger.
- the second side cover portion 25d covers the second side portion 11d of the electrode finger. Therefore, the first side cover portion 25c and the second side cover portion 25d are opposed to each other in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the electrode fingers.
- the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b is a portion that covers the piezoelectric layer 14.
- the connection portion is a portion where the side cover portion and the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b are connected. More specifically, the connecting portion includes a first connecting portion 25e and a second connecting portion 25f.
- the first connecting portion 25e is a portion where the first side cover portion 25c and the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b are connected.
- the second connection portion 25f is a portion where the second side surface cover portion 25d and the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b are connected.
- FIG. 3 shows a portion of the dielectric film 25 covering the first electrode finger 28 and its vicinity.
- the dielectric film 25 includes the electrode finger surface cover portion 25a, the side surface cover portion, the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b, and a connector.
- the thickness of the connecting portion may be zero. In the present invention, tcm ⁇ 0, where tcm is the minimum value of the thickness of the connecting portion.
- a feature of the present embodiment is that in the dielectric film 25, the thickness of at least a portion of the connection portion is thinner than the thickness of the central portion 25x of the electrode finger surface cover portion 25a. Specifically, te>tcm, where te is the thickness of the central portion 25x. More specifically, in this embodiment, when the thickness of the dielectric film 25 at the first connection portion 25e is tc1, the thickness at the second connection portion 25f is tc2, and the thickness at the central portion 25x is te, te>tc1 and te>tc2. Thereby, the frequency at which unwanted waves are generated can be kept away from the anti-resonance frequency. This effect will be specifically shown below by comparing the present embodiment with a comparative example.
- the impedance frequency characteristics were compared between the first embodiment and the comparative example.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing impedance frequency characteristics in the first embodiment and the comparative example.
- Arrow L1 in FIG. 5 indicates the frequency at which unwanted waves occur in the first embodiment
- arrow L2 indicates the frequency at which unwanted waves occur in the comparative example.
- the frequency at which unwanted waves are generated can be kept away from the anti-resonance frequency more than in the comparative example. Specifically, in the first embodiment, the frequency at which unwanted waves are generated can be moved away from the anti-resonance frequency toward the high frequency side.
- the first connecting portion 25e of the dielectric film 25 shown in FIG. 3 extends in the extending direction of the electrode finger.
- the second connecting portion 25f at least one of the thickness tc1 of at least a portion of the first connection portion 25e of the dielectric film 25 and the thickness tc2 of at least a portion of the second connection portion 25f of the dielectric film 25 is equal to the thickness te of the central portion 25x.
- at least one of the thickness tc1 of all the first connection portions 25e and the thickness tc2 of all the second connection portions 25f of the dielectric film 25 is preferably smaller than the thickness te of the central portion 25x.
- both the thickness tc1 of all the first connection portions 25e and the thickness tc2 of all the second connection portions 25f of the dielectric film 25 are smaller than the thickness te of the central portion 25x.
- the frequency at which unwanted waves are generated can be kept further away from the anti-resonance frequency.
- the thickness of the connecting portion in the dielectric film 25 may be zero.
- the thickness te1 of the first connecting portion is zero
- the thickness te2 of the second connecting portion is zero.
- the dielectric film 25A has the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b.
- the piezoelectric layer 14 is exposed from the dielectric film 25A between the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b and the first side cover portion 25c.
- the piezoelectric layer 14 is exposed from the dielectric film 25A between the piezoelectric layer cover portion 25b and the second side cover portion 25d.
- the dielectric film 25 is provided on the piezoelectric layer 14 so as to cover the entire IDT electrode 11 .
- the dielectric film 25 only needs to cover a plurality of electrode fingers.
- the IDT electrodes 11 and the dielectric film 25 are provided on the first main surface 14 a of the piezoelectric layer 14 .
- the IDT electrode 11 and the dielectric film 25 need only be provided on the first main surface 14a or the second main surface 14b of the piezoelectric layer 14 . Even when the IDT electrode 11 and the dielectric film 25 are provided on the second main surface 14b, the frequency at which unnecessary waves are generated can be kept away from the anti-resonant frequency, as in the first embodiment.
- the elastic wave device according to the present invention can be used, for example, in a filter device.
- An example of this is illustrated by the second embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of a filter device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the filter device 30 is a ladder filter.
- the filter device 30 has a first signal terminal 32 and a second signal terminal 33, a plurality of series arm resonators and a plurality of parallel arm resonators.
- all series arm resonators and all parallel arm resonators are elastic wave resonators.
- All elastic wave resonators are elastic wave devices according to the present invention.
- at least one elastic wave resonator in the filter device 30 may be the elastic wave device according to the present invention.
- the first signal terminal 32 and the second signal terminal 33 may be configured as electrode pads or may be configured as wiring.
- the first signal terminal 32 is an antenna terminal.
- An antenna terminal is connected to the antenna.
- the plurality of series arm resonators of the filter device 30 are specifically a series arm resonator S1, a series arm resonator S2 and a series arm resonator S3.
- the plurality of parallel arm resonators are specifically a parallel arm resonator P1 and a parallel arm resonator P2.
- the series arm resonator S1 is connected between the connection point between the series arm resonators S1 and S2 and the ground potential.
- a parallel arm resonator P2 is connected between the connection point between the series arm resonators S2 and S3 and the ground potential. Note that the circuit configuration of the filter device 30 is not limited to the above. If the filter device 30 is a ladder-type filter, the filter device 30 should have at least one series arm resonator and at least one parallel arm resonator.
- the filter device 30 may include, for example, a longitudinally coupled resonator type elastic wave filter.
- a series arm resonator or a parallel arm resonator connected to a longitudinally coupled resonator type elastic wave filter may be included.
- the series arm resonator or the parallel arm resonator may be the acoustic wave device according to the present invention.
- the anti-resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonators forming the passband of the filter device 30 is located within the passband of the filter device 30 . Therefore, the unwanted waves generated near the anti-resonance frequency in the parallel arm resonator have a particularly large influence on the electrical characteristics within the passband of the filter device 30 .
- the anti-resonant frequency of the series arm resonators forming the passband of filter device 30 is located near the passband of filter device 30 . Therefore, unwanted waves generated near the anti-resonance frequency of the series arm resonator have a large influence on the electrical characteristics within the passband of the filter device 30 .
- each parallel arm resonator and each series arm resonator are elastic wave devices according to the present invention. Therefore, in each parallel arm resonator and each series arm resonator, the frequency at which unwanted waves are generated can be kept away from the anti-resonance frequency. Thereby, the influence of unwanted waves on the electrical characteristics within the passband of the filter device 30 can be suppressed. Therefore, deterioration of filter characteristics of the filter device 30 can be suppressed.
- the elastic wave device according to the present invention is preferably used as a parallel arm resonator in a ladder filter.
- unwanted waves generated near the anti-resonance frequency of the parallel arm resonator have a particularly large effect on the electrical characteristics within the passband. Therefore, with the above configuration, deterioration of the filter characteristics of the filter device 30 can be effectively suppressed.
- Electrodes in the IDT electrodes to be described later correspond to electrode fingers in the present invention.
- the supporting member in the following examples corresponds to the supporting substrate in the present invention.
- FIG. 8(a) is a schematic perspective view showing the external appearance of an elastic wave device that utilizes a thickness shear mode bulk wave
- FIG. 8(b) is a plan view showing an electrode structure on a piezoelectric layer
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view along line AA in FIG. 8(a).
- the acoustic wave device 1 has a piezoelectric layer 2 made of LiNbO 3 .
- the piezoelectric layer 2 may consist of LiTaO 3 .
- the cut angle of LiNbO 3 and LiTaO 3 is Z-cut, but may be rotational Y-cut or X-cut.
- the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 2 is not particularly limited, it is preferably 40 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, more preferably 50 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, in order to effectively excite the thickness-shear mode.
- the piezoelectric layer 2 has first and second major surfaces 2a and 2b facing each other. Electrodes 3 and 4 are provided on the first main surface 2a.
- the electrode 3 is an example of the "first electrode” and the electrode 4 is an example of the "second electrode”.
- the plurality of electrodes 3 are the plurality of first electrode fingers connected to the first bus bar 5.
- the multiple electrodes 4 are multiple second electrode fingers connected to the second bus bar 6 .
- the plurality of electrodes 3 and the plurality of electrodes 4 are interleaved with each other.
- the electrodes 3 and 4 have a rectangular shape and have a length direction.
- the electrode 3 and the adjacent electrode 4 face each other in a direction perpendicular to the length direction. Both the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4 and the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4 are directions crossing the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer 2 .
- the electrode 3 and the adjacent electrode 4 face each other in the direction crossing the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer 2 .
- the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4 may be interchanged with the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4 shown in FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b). That is, in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the electrodes 3 and 4 may extend in the direction in which the first busbar 5 and the second busbar 6 extend. In that case, the first busbar 5 and the second busbar 6 extend in the direction in which the electrodes 3 and 4 extend in FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b).
- a plurality of pairs of structures in which an electrode 3 connected to one potential and an electrode 4 connected to the other potential are adjacent to each other are provided in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4.
- the electrodes 3 and 4 are adjacent to each other, it does not mean that the electrodes 3 and 4 are arranged so as to be in direct contact with each other, but that the electrodes 3 and 4 are arranged with a gap therebetween. point to When the electrodes 3 and 4 are adjacent to each other, no electrodes connected to the hot electrode or the ground electrode, including the other electrodes 3 and 4, are arranged between the electrodes 3 and 4.
- the logarithms need not be integer pairs, but may be 1.5 pairs, 2.5 pairs, or the like.
- the center-to-center distance or pitch between the electrodes 3 and 4 is preferably in the range of 1 ⁇ m or more and 10 ⁇ m or less.
- the width of the electrodes 3 and 4, that is, the dimension of the electrodes 3 and 4 in the facing direction is preferably in the range of 50 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, more preferably in the range of 150 nm or more and 1000 nm or less.
- the center-to-center distance between the electrodes 3 and 4 means the distance between the center of the dimension (width dimension) of the electrode 3 in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the electrode 3 and the distance between the center of the electrode 4 in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the electrode 4. It is the distance connecting the center of the dimension (width dimension) of
- the direction perpendicular to the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4 is the direction perpendicular to the polarization direction of the piezoelectric layer 2 .
- “perpendicular” is not limited to being strictly perpendicular, but is substantially perpendicular (the angle formed by the direction perpendicular to the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4 and the polarization direction is, for example, 90° ⁇ 10°). within the range).
- a supporting member 8 is laminated on the second main surface 2b side of the piezoelectric layer 2 with an insulating layer 7 interposed therebetween.
- the insulating layer 7 and the support member 8 have a frame-like shape and, as shown in FIG. 9, have through holes 7a and 8a.
- a cavity 9 is thereby formed.
- the cavity 9 is provided so as not to disturb the vibration of the excitation region C of the piezoelectric layer 2 . Therefore, the support member 8 is laminated on the second main surface 2b with the insulating layer 7 interposed therebetween at a position not overlapping the portion where at least one pair of electrodes 3 and 4 are provided. Note that the insulating layer 7 may not be provided. Therefore, the support member 8 can be directly or indirectly laminated to the second main surface 2b of the piezoelectric layer 2 .
- the insulating layer 7 is made of silicon oxide. However, in addition to silicon oxide, suitable insulating materials such as silicon oxynitride and alumina can be used.
- the support member 8 is made of Si. The plane orientation of the surface of Si on the piezoelectric layer 2 side may be (100), (110), or (111). It is desirable that the Si constituting the support member 8 has a high resistivity of 4 k ⁇ cm or more. However, the supporting member 8 can also be constructed using an appropriate insulating material or semiconductor material.
- Materials for the support member 8 include, for example, aluminum oxide, lithium tantalate, lithium niobate, piezoelectric materials such as crystal, alumina, magnesia, sapphire, silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, silicon carbide, zirconia, cordierite, mullite, and steer.
- Various ceramics such as tight and forsterite, dielectrics such as diamond and glass, and semiconductors such as gallium nitride can be used.
- the plurality of electrodes 3, 4 and the first and second bus bars 5, 6 are made of appropriate metals or alloys such as Al, AlCu alloys.
- the electrodes 3, 4 and the first and second bus bars 5, 6 have a structure in which an Al film is laminated on a Ti film. Note that an adhesion layer other than the Ti film may be used.
- d/p is 0.0, where d is the thickness of the piezoelectric layer 2 and p is the center-to-center distance between any one of the pairs of electrodes 3 and 4 adjacent to each other. 5 or less. Therefore, the thickness-shear mode bulk wave is effectively excited, and good resonance characteristics can be obtained. More preferably, d/p is 0.24 or less, in which case even better resonance characteristics can be obtained.
- the elastic wave device 1 Since the elastic wave device 1 has the above configuration, even if the logarithm of the electrodes 3 and 4 is reduced in an attempt to reduce the size, the Q value is unlikely to decrease. This is because the propagation loss is small even if the number of electrode fingers in the reflectors on both sides is reduced. The reason why the number of electrode fingers can be reduced is that the thickness-shear mode bulk wave is used. The difference between the Lamb wave used in the acoustic wave device and the thickness shear mode bulk wave will be described with reference to FIGS. 10(a) and 10(b).
- FIG. 10(a) is a schematic front cross-sectional view for explaining a Lamb wave propagating through a piezoelectric film of an elastic wave device as described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-257019.
- waves propagate through the piezoelectric film 201 as indicated by arrows.
- the first main surface 201a and the second main surface 201b face each other, and the thickness direction connecting the first main surface 201a and the second main surface 201b is the Z direction. is.
- the X direction is the direction in which the electrode fingers of the IDT electrodes are arranged.
- the Lamb wave propagates in the X direction as shown.
- the wave is generated on the first principal surface 2a and the second principal surface of the piezoelectric layer 2. 2b, ie, the Z direction, and resonates. That is, the X-direction component of the wave is significantly smaller than the Z-direction component. Further, since resonance characteristics are obtained by propagating waves in the Z direction, propagation loss is unlikely to occur even if the number of electrode fingers of the reflector is reduced. Furthermore, even if the number of electrode pairs consisting of the electrodes 3 and 4 is reduced in an attempt to promote miniaturization, the Q value is unlikely to decrease.
- FIG. 11 schematically shows a bulk wave when a voltage is applied between the electrodes 3 and 4 so that the potential of the electrode 4 is higher than that of the electrode 3 .
- the first region 451 is a region of the excitation region C between the first main surface 2a and a virtual plane VP1 that is perpendicular to the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer 2 and bisects the piezoelectric layer 2 .
- the second region 452 is a region of the excitation region C between the virtual plane VP1 and the second main surface 2b.
- the acoustic wave device 1 at least one pair of electrodes consisting of the electrodes 3 and 4 is arranged.
- the number of electrode pairs need not be plural. That is, it is sufficient that at least one pair of electrodes is provided.
- the electrode 3 is an electrode connected to a hot potential
- the electrode 4 is an electrode connected to a ground potential.
- electrode 3 may also be connected to ground potential and electrode 4 to hot potential.
- at least one pair of electrodes is the electrode connected to the hot potential or the electrode connected to the ground potential as described above, and no floating electrode is provided.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing resonance characteristics of the elastic wave device shown in FIG.
- the design parameters of the elastic wave device 1 with this resonance characteristic are as follows.
- Insulating layer 7 Silicon oxide film with a thickness of 1 ⁇ m.
- Support member 8 Si.
- the length of the excitation region C is the dimension along the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4 of the excitation region C.
- the inter-electrode distances of the electrode pairs consisting of the electrodes 3 and 4 are all equal in a plurality of pairs. That is, the electrodes 3 and 4 were arranged at equal pitches.
- d/p is 0.5 or less. Preferably, it is 0.24 or less. This will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the relationship between this d/p and the fractional bandwidth of the acoustic wave device as a resonator.
- the specific bandwidth when d/p>0.5, even if d/p is adjusted, the specific bandwidth is less than 5%.
- the specific bandwidth when d/p ⁇ 0.5, the specific bandwidth can be increased to 5% or more by changing d/p within that range. can be configured. Further, when d/p is 0.24 or less, the specific bandwidth can be increased to 7% or more.
- d/p when adjusting d/p within this range, a resonator with a wider specific band can be obtained, and a resonator with a higher coupling coefficient can be realized. Therefore, by setting d/p to 0.5 or less, it is possible to construct a resonator having a high coupling coefficient using the thickness-shear mode bulk wave.
- FIG. 14 is a plan view of an elastic wave device that utilizes thickness-shear mode bulk waves.
- elastic wave device 80 a pair of electrodes having electrode 3 and electrode 4 is provided on first main surface 2 a of piezoelectric layer 2 .
- K in FIG. 14 is the crossing width.
- the number of pairs of electrodes may be one. Even in this case, if d/p is 0.5 or less, bulk waves in the thickness-shear mode can be effectively excited.
- the adjacent excitation region C is an overlapping region when viewed in the direction in which any of the adjacent electrodes 3 and 4 are facing each other. It is desirable that the metallization ratio MR of the mating electrodes 3, 4 satisfy MR ⁇ 1.75(d/p)+0.075. In that case, spurious can be effectively reduced. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.
- the metallization ratio MR will be explained with reference to FIG. 8(b).
- the excitation region C is the portion surrounded by the dashed-dotted line.
- the excitation region C is a region where the electrode 3 and the electrode 4 overlap each other when the electrodes 3 and 4 are viewed in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the electrodes 3 and 4, i.e., in a facing direction. 3 and an overlapping area between the electrodes 3 and 4 in the area between the electrodes 3 and 4 .
- the area of the electrodes 3 and 4 in the excitation region C with respect to the area of the excitation region C is the metallization ratio MR. That is, the metallization ratio MR is the ratio of the area of the metallization portion to the area of the excitation region C.
- MR may be the ratio of the metallization portion included in the entire excitation region to the total area of the excitation region.
- FIG. 16 shows the relationship between the fractional bandwidth when a number of elastic wave resonators are configured according to the form of the elastic wave device 1 and the amount of phase rotation of the spurious impedance normalized by 180 degrees as the magnitude of the spurious.
- FIG. 10 shows. The ratio band was adjusted by changing the film thickness of the piezoelectric layer and the dimensions of the electrodes. Also, FIG. 16 shows the results when a Z-cut LiNbO 3 piezoelectric layer is used, but the same tendency is obtained when piezoelectric layers with other cut angles are used.
- the spurious is as large as 1.0.
- the passband appear within. That is, as in the resonance characteristics shown in FIG. 15, a large spurious component indicated by arrow B appears within the band. Therefore, the specific bandwidth is preferably 17% or less. In this case, by adjusting the film thickness of the piezoelectric layer 2 and the dimensions of the electrodes 3 and 4, the spurious response can be reduced.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the relationship between d/2p, metallization ratio MR, and fractional bandwidth.
- various elastic wave devices having different d/2p and MR were constructed, and the fractional bandwidth was measured.
- the hatched portion on the right side of the dashed line D in FIG. 17 is the area where the fractional bandwidth is 17% or less.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a map of the fractional bandwidth with respect to the Euler angles (0°, ⁇ , ⁇ ) of LiNbO 3 when d/p is infinitely close to 0.
- FIG. The hatched portion in FIG. 18 is a region where a fractional bandwidth of at least 5% or more is obtained, and when the range of the region is approximated, the following formulas (1), (2) and (3) ).
- Equation (1) (0° ⁇ 10°, 20° to 80°, 0° to 60° (1-( ⁇ -50) 2 /900) 1/2 ) or (0° ⁇ 10°, 20° to 80°, [180 °-60° (1-( ⁇ -50) 2 /900) 1/2 ] ⁇ 180°) Equation (2) (0° ⁇ 10°, [180°-30°(1-( ⁇ -90) 2 /8100) 1/2 ] ⁇ 180°, arbitrary ⁇ ) Equation (3)
- the fractional band can be sufficiently widened, which is preferable.
- the piezoelectric layer 2 is a lithium tantalate layer.
- FIG. 19 is a front cross-sectional view of an elastic wave device having an acoustic multilayer film.
- an acoustic multilayer film 82 is laminated on the second main surface 2 b of the piezoelectric layer 2 .
- the acoustic multilayer film 82 has a laminated structure of low acoustic impedance layers 82a, 82c, 82e with relatively low acoustic impedance and high acoustic impedance layers 82b, 82d with relatively high acoustic impedance.
- the thickness shear mode bulk wave can be confined in the piezoelectric layer 2 without using the cavity 9 in the acoustic wave device 1 .
- the elastic wave device 81 by setting d/p to 0.5 or less, it is possible to obtain resonance characteristics based on bulk waves in the thickness-shear mode.
- the number of lamination of the low acoustic impedance layers 82a, 82c, 82e and the high acoustic impedance layers 82b, 82d is not particularly limited. At least one of the high acoustic impedance layers 82b, 82d should be arranged farther from the piezoelectric layer 2 than the low acoustic impedance layers 82a, 82c, 82e.
- the low acoustic impedance layers 82a, 82c, 82e and the high acoustic impedance layers 82b, 82d can be made of appropriate materials as long as the acoustic impedance relationship is satisfied.
- Examples of materials for the low acoustic impedance layers 82a, 82c, 82e include silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride.
- Materials for the high acoustic impedance layers 82b and 82d include alumina, silicon nitride, and metals.
- an acoustic multilayer film 82 shown in FIG. 19 may be provided as an acoustic reflecting film between the supporting member and the piezoelectric layer.
- the support member and the piezoelectric layer may be arranged such that at least a portion of the support member and at least a portion of the piezoelectric layer face each other with the acoustic multilayer film 82 interposed therebetween.
- low acoustic impedance layers and high acoustic impedance layers may be alternately laminated in the acoustic multilayer film 82 .
- the acoustic multilayer film 82 may be an acoustic reflector in the elastic wave device.
- d/p is preferably 0.5 or less, more preferably 0.24 or less, as described above. .
- MR thickness-shear mode bulk waves
- the functional electrode in the elastic wave device of the first embodiment that utilizes thickness shear mode bulk waves may be a functional electrode having a pair of electrodes shown in FIG.
- the piezoelectric layer in the elastic wave device of the first embodiment that utilizes thickness shear mode bulk waves is preferably a lithium niobate layer or a lithium tantalate layer.
- the Euler angles ( ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ) of lithium niobate or lithium tantalate constituting the piezoelectric layer are within the range of the above formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3). is preferred. In this case, the fractional bandwidth can be widened sufficiently.
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電極3と電極4の長さ方向と直交する方向に視たときに、電極3と電極4とが重なっている領域、すなわち励振領域Cの長さ=40μm、電極3,4からなる電極の対数=21対、電極間中心距離=3μm、電極3,4の幅=500nm、d/p=0.133。
絶縁層7:1μmの厚みの酸化ケイ素膜。
支持部材8:Si。
(0°±10°,20°~80°,0°~60°(1-(θ-50)2/900)1/2) または (0°±10°,20°~80°,[180°-60°(1-(θ-50)2/900)1/2]~180°) …式(2)
(0°±10°,[180°-30°(1-(ψ-90)2/8100)1/2]~180°,任意のψ) …式(3)
2…圧電層
2a,2b…第1,第2の主面
3,4…電極
5,6…第1,第2のバスバー
7…絶縁層
7a…貫通孔
8…支持部材
8a…貫通孔
9…空洞部
10…弾性波装置
10a…空洞部
11…IDT電極
11a,11b…第1,第2の面
11c,11d…第1,第2の側面部
12…圧電性基板
13…支持部材
14…圧電層
14a,14b…第1,第2の主面
15…絶縁層
16…支持基板
25,25A…誘電体膜
25a…電極指面カバー部
25b…圧電層カバー部
25c,25d…第1,第2の側面カバー部
25e,25f…第1,第2の接続部
25x…中央部
26,27…第1,第2のバスバー
28,29…第1,第2の電極指
30…フィルタ装置
32,33…第1,第2の信号端子
80,81…弾性波装置
82…音響多層膜
82a,82c,82e…低音響インピーダンス層
82b,82d…高音響インピーダンス層
105…誘電体膜
201…圧電膜
201a,201b…第1,第2の主面
451,452…第1,第2領域
C…励振領域
P1,P2…並列腕共振子
S1~S3…直列腕共振子
VP1…仮想平面
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- 支持基板を含む支持部材と、前記支持部材上に設けられており、タンタル酸リチウムまたはニオブ酸リチウムからなる圧電層と、を有する圧電性基板と、
前記圧電層上に設けられており、少なくとも1対の電極指を有する機能電極と、
前記圧電層上に、前記少なくとも1対の電極指を覆うように設けられている誘電体膜と、
を備え、
平面視において、前記機能電極の少なくとも一部と重なる位置に音響反射部が形成されており、
前記圧電層の厚みをd、隣り合う前記電極指同士の中心間距離をpとした場合、d/pが0.5以下であり、
前記電極指が、厚み方向において互いに対向している第1の面及び第2の面と、前記第1の面及び前記第2の面に接続されている側面と、を有し、前記第1の面及び前記第2の面のうち、前記第2の面が前記圧電層側に位置しており、
前記誘電体膜が、前記電極指の前記第1の面を覆っている電極指面カバー部と、前記電極指の前記側面を覆っている側面カバー部と、前記圧電層を覆っている圧電層カバー部と、を有し、
前記電極指面カバー部が、前記電極指が延びる方向と直交する方向における中央に位置している中央部を含み、
前記側面カバー部及び前記圧電層カバー部が接続されている部分を接続部とし、前記接続部の厚みの最小値をtcmとしたときに、tcm≧0であり、前記電極指面カバー部の前記中央部の厚みをteとしたときに、te>tcmである、弾性波装置。 - 前記誘電体膜の前記側面カバー部が、前記電極指が延びる方向と直交する方向において互いに対向し合う、第1の側面カバー部及び第2の側面カバー部を含み、
前記第1の側面カバー部及び前記圧電層カバー部が接続されている部分である前記接続部を第1の接続部、前記第2の側面カバー部及び前記圧電層カバー部が接続されている部分である前記接続部を第2の接続部とし、前記第1の接続部の厚みをtc1、前記第2の接続部の厚みをtc2としたときに、te>tc1であり、かつte>tc2である、請求項1に記載の弾性波装置。 - 前記機能電極が、複数対の前記電極指を有するIDT電極である、請求項1または2に記載の弾性波装置。
- d/pが0.24以下である、請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記隣り合う電極指同士が対向している方向から見たときに、前記隣り合う電極指が重なり合う領域が励振領域であり、前記励振領域に対する、前記少なくとも1対の電極指のメタライゼーション比をMRとしたときに、MR≦1.75(d/p)+0.075を満たす、請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記圧電層を構成しているニオブ酸リチウムまたはタンタル酸リチウムのオイラー角(φ,θ,ψ)が、以下の式(1)、式(2)または式(3)の範囲にある、請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
(0°±10°,0°~20°,任意のψ) …式(1)
(0°±10°,20°~80°,0°~60°(1-(θ-50)2/900)1/2) または (0°±10°,20°~80°,[180°-60°(1-(θ-50)2/900)1/2]~180°) …式(2)
(0°±10°,[180°-30°(1-(ψ-90)2/8100)1/2]~180°,任意のψ) …式(3) - 前記音響反射部が、空洞部であり、前記支持部材の一部及び前記圧電層の一部が、前記空洞部を挟み互いに対向するように、前記支持部材と前記圧電層とが配置されている、請求項1~6のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
- 前記音響反射部が、相対的に音響インピーダンスが高い高音響インピーダンス層と、相対的に音響インピーダンスが低い低音響インピーダンス層と、を含む、音響反射膜であり、前記支持部材の少なくとも一部及び前記圧電層の少なくとも一部が、前記音響反射膜を挟み互いに対向するように、前記支持部材と前記圧電層とが配置されている、請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
- ラダー型フィルタの並列腕共振子として用いられる、請求項1~8のいずれか1項に記載の弾性波装置。
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