A resonator, a filter and a duplexer, which relate to the technical field of resonators. The resonator includes: a substrate, and a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode layer, which are sequentially formed on the substrate, wherein an acoustic reflection structure is formed on a surface of the substrate that is close to the lower electrode layer, and an overlapping region of the acoustic reflection structure, the lower electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode layer along a stacking direction forms a resonant region; and in the resonant region, the surface, which is away from the substrate, of at least one of the lower electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode layer is etched to form an etched region, the depth of the etched region is less than the thickness of an etched layer, and the area of the etched region is less than the area of the resonant region. By means of controlling an etching area ratio of the resonant region to the etched region, the resonator can obtain a plurality of different resonant frequencies on the same wafer without increasing processes.

A resonator, a filter and a duplexer, which relate to the technical field of resonators. The resonator includes: a substrate, and a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode layer, which are sequentially formed on the substrate, wherein an acoustic reflection structure is formed on a surface of the substrate that is close to the lower electrode layer, and an overlapping region of the acoustic reflection structure, the lower electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode layer along a stacking direction forms a resonant region; and in the resonant region, the surface, which is away from the substrate, of at least one of the lower electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode layer is etched to form an etched region, the depth of the etched region is less than the thickness of an etched layer, and the area of the etched region is less than the area of the resonant region. By means of controlling an etching area ratio of the resonant region to the etched region, the resonator can obtain a plurality of different resonant frequencies on the same wafer without increasing processes.

The present invention relates to a filter circuit (100) comprising a first and a second bulk acoustic wave resonator (2, 3), the first resonator (2) having a first piezoelectric layer (4) structured such that the first resonator (2) has a lower resonant frequency than the second resonator (3), wherein the first piezoelectric layer (4) is structured by recesses (14) passing through the first piezoelectric layer (4), the first resonator (2) and the second resonator (3) as series resonators (102, 105) connected in series with a signal path of the filter circuit (100) or wherein the first resonator (2) and the second resonator (3) as parallel resonators (103, 106) are connected to the signal path of the filter circuit (100) in such a way that in each case one electrode of the resonators is connected to the signal path.

The present invention relates to a filter circuit (100) comprising a first and a second bulk acoustic wave resonator (2, 3), the first resonator (2) having a first piezoelectric layer (4) structured such that the first resonator (2) has a lower resonant frequency than the second resonator (3), wherein the first piezoelectric layer (4) is structured by recesses (14) passing through the first piezoelectric layer (4), the first resonator (2) and the second resonator (3) as series resonators (102, 105) connected in series with a signal path of the filter circuit (100) or wherein the first resonator (2) and the second resonator (3) as parallel resonators (103, 106) are connected to the signal path of the filter circuit (100) in such a way that in each case one electrode of the resonators is connected to the signal path.

A bulk acoustic wave resonator is provided. The bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a board; a resonant portion including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, and disposed on the board, and a temperature compensation layer disposed on the resonant portion, wherein the temperature compensation layer includes a temperature compensation portion formed of a dielectric and a loss compensation portion formed of a material different from a material of the temperature compensation portion, and wherein each of the temperature compensation portion and the loss compensation portion includes a plurality of linear patterns, and the linear patterns of the temperature compensation portion and the linear patterns of the loss compensation portion are alternately disposed.

A bulk acoustic wave resonator is provided. The bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a board; a resonant portion including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, and disposed on the board, and a temperature compensation layer disposed on the resonant portion, wherein the temperature compensation layer includes a temperature compensation portion formed of a dielectric and a loss compensation portion formed of a material different from a material of the temperature compensation portion, and wherein each of the temperature compensation portion and the loss compensation portion includes a plurality of linear patterns, and the linear patterns of the temperature compensation portion and the linear patterns of the loss compensation portion are alternately disposed.

A method for manufacturing a vibration element includes, a base film forming step of forming a first base film at a first substrate surface of a quartz crystal substrate in first and second vibrating arm forming regions, a protective film forming step of forming a first protective film in a bank portion forming region of the first base film, and a dry-etching step of dry-etching the quartz crystal substrate through the first base film and the first protective film.

The present invention relates to a heterostructure, in particular, a piezoelectric structure, comprising a cover layer, in particular, a layer of piezoelectric material, the material of the cover layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, assembled to a support substrate, the support substrate having a second coefficient of thermal expansion substantially different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion, at an interface wherein the cover layer comprises at least a recess extending from the interface into the cover layer, and its method of fabrication.

The present invention relates to a heterostructure, in particular, a piezoelectric structure, comprising a cover layer, in particular, a layer of piezoelectric material, the material of the cover layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, assembled to a support substrate, the support substrate having a second coefficient of thermal expansion substantially different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion, at an interface wherein the cover layer comprises at least a recess extending from the interface into the cover layer, and its method of fabrication.

A bulk acoustic wave filter comprises a substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and having a first cavity and a second cavity formed therein, a first bulk-acoustic-wave-resonance-structure disposed on the first cavity and a second bulk-acoustic-wave-resonance-structure disposed on the second cavity. The first bulk-acoustic-wave-resonance-structure comprises a first bottom electrode disposed on the first cavity, a first top electrode disposed on the first bottom electrode, a first piezoelectric layer portion sandwiched between the first top electrode and the first bottom electrode, and a first frequency tuning structure disposed between the first cavity and the first bottom electrode. The second bulk-acoustic-wave-resonance-structure comprises a second bottom electrode disposed on the second cavity, a second top electrode disposed on the second bottom electrode, a second piezoelectric layer portion sandwiched between the second top electrode and the second bottom electrode.