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- Such a duplexer is disclosed by Bradley et al. in United States patent no. 6,262,637 entitled Duplexer Incorporating Thin-film Bulk Acoustic Resonators (FBARs), assigned to the assignee of this disclosure.
- FBARs Thin-film Bulk Acoustic Resonators
- Such duplexer is composed of a transmitter band-pass filter connected in series between the output of the transmitter and the antenna and a receiver band-pass filter connected in series with 90° phase-shifter between the antenna and the input of the receiver.
- the center frequencies of the pass- bands of the transmitter band-pass filter and the receiver band-pass filter are offset from one another.
- Figure 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of an FBAR-based band-pass filter 10 suitable for use as the transmitter band-pass filter of a duplexer.
- the transmitter band-pass filter is composed of series FBARs 12 and shunt FBARs 14 connected in a ladder circuit.
- Series FBARs 12 have a higher resonant frequency than shunt FBARs 14.
- FBARs are disclosed by Ruby etf al. in United States patent no. 5,587,620 entitled Tunable Thin Film Acoustic Resonators and Method of Making Same, now assigned to the assignee of this disclosure.
- Figure 2 shows an exemplary embodiment 20 of an FBAR.
- FBAR 20 is composed a pair of electrodes 24 and 26 and a layer of piezoelectric material 22 sandwiched between the electrodes. The piezoelectric material and electrodes are suspended over a cavity 28 defined in a substrate 30.
- SBAR stacked thin-film bulk acoustic resonator
- Figure 3 shows an exemplary embodiment 40 of the SBAR disclosed in United States patent no. 5,587,620.
- SBAR 40 is composed of two layers 22, 42 of piezoelectric material interleaved with three electrodes 24, 26, 44. An input electrical signal is applied between electrodes 44 and 26 and an output electrical signal is provided between electrodes 24 and 26. The center electrode 26 is common to both the input and the output.
- the SBAR disclosed in United States patent no. 5,587,620 was thought to have promise for use as a band-pass filter because it has an inherent band-pass characteristic.
- practical examples of the SBAR exhibit an extremely narrow pass bandwidth that makes the SBAR unsuitable for use in most band-pass filtering applications, including the cellular telephone duplexer application referred to above.
- the narrow pass bandwidth of the SBAR can be seen in Figure 4, which compares the frequency response of a practical example of SBAR 40 shown in Figure 3 (curve
- the invention provides in one aspect a band-pass filter that has a lower film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), an upper FBAR stacked on the lower FBAR, and, between the FBARs, an acoustic decoupler comprising a layer of acoustic decoupling material.
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- Each of the FBARs has opposed planar electrodes and a piezoelectric element between the electrodes.
- the acoustic decoupler controls the coupling of acoustic energy between the FBARs. Specifically, the acoustic decoupler couples less acoustic energy between the FBARs than would be coupled by direct contact between the FBARs as in the conventional SBAR shown in Figure 3.
- the invention provides a band-pass filter characterized by a center frequency.
- the band-pass filter comprises a lower film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), an upper FBAR stacked on the lower FBAR, and, between the FBARs, a layer of acoustic decoupling material.
- FBAR film bulk acoustic resonator
- Each FBAR comprises opposed planar electrodes and a piezoelectric element between the electrodes.
- the layer of acoustic decoupling material has a nominal thickness equal to one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency.
- the acoustic decoupling material is lower in acoustic impedance than the piezoelectric element.
- Figure 1 is a schematic drawing of a band-pass filter incorporating FBARs.
- Figure 2 is a schematic side view of an FBAR.
- Figure 3 is a schematic side view of a conventional SBAR.
- Figure 4 is a graph comparing the calculated frequency response of the conventional SBAR shown in Figure 3 and that of the FBAR-based band-pass filter shown in Figure 1.
- Figure 5A is a plan view of an example of a first embodiment of a band-pass filter in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 5B is a cross-sectional view of the band-pass filter shown in Figure 5A along the section line 5B-5B.
- Figure 5C is an enlarged cross-sectional view of part of the band-pass filter shown in Figure 5A along the section line 5B-5B showing an acoustic decoupler in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 5D is an enlarged cross-sectional view of part of the band-pass filter shown in Figure 5A along the section line 5B-5B showing an alternative acoustic decoupler.
- Figure 6 is a graph comparing the calculated frequency responses of embodiments of the band-pass filter in accordance with the invention incorporating acoustic decouplers of acoustic decoupling materials having different acoustic impedances.
- Figures 7A-7J are plan views illustrating a process for making a band-pass filter in accordance with the invention.
- Figures 7K-7S are cross-sectional views along the section lines 7K-7K, 7L-7L, 7M-7M, 7N-7N, 70-70, 7P-7R 7Q- 7Q, 7R-7R, 7S-7S and 7T-7T in Figures 7A- 7J, respectively.
- Figure 8 is a schematic drawing of an example of a second embodiment of a band-pass filter in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 9 is a graph comparing the calculated frequency response of the embodiment of the band-pass filter shown in Figure 8 with the embodiment of the band-pass filter shown in Figures 5A and 5B.
- SBAR 40 shown in Figure 3 can be regarded as being composed of two FBARs, one stacked on top of, and in contact with, the other.
- One of the FBARs is composed of piezoelectric layer 22 sandwiched between electrodes 24 and 26.
- the other of the FBARs is composed of piezoelectric layer 42 sandwiched between electrodes 26 and 44.
- Electrode 26 common to both FBARs provides close coupling of acoustic energy between the FBARs. This results in the FBARs being acoustically highly over-coupled so that SBAR 40 exhibits the single Lorentzian resonance illustrated in curve 46 of Figure 4.
- FIG. 5A is a schematic side view showing the structure of an exemplary embodiment 100 of a band-pass filter in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 5B is a cross-sectional view along the section line 5B-5B in Figure 5A.
- Bandpass filter 100 is composed of a stacked pair of film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) 110 and 120 and an acoustic decoupler 130 between FBARs 1 10 and 120.
- FBAR 120 is stacked atop FBAR 110.
- a structure composed of a stacked pair of FBARs and an acoustic decoupler between the FBARs will be referred to as a decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) to distinguish it from the above-described conventional SBAR in which the FBARs directly contact one another.
- FBAR 110 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 112 and 11 and a layer 1 16 of piezoelectric material between the electrodes.
- FBAR 120 is composed of opposed planar electrodes 122 and 124 and a layer 126 of piezoelectric material between the electrodes.
- Acoustic decoupler 130 is located between electrode 114 of FBAR 110 and electrode 122 of FBAR 120.
- the acoustic decoupler controls the coupling of acoustic energy between FBARs 110 and 120. Specifically, the acoustic decoupler couples less acoustic energy between the FBARs than would be coupled by direct contact between the FBARs as in the conventional SBAR shown in Figure 3. As a result, FBARs 110 and 120 are not over coupled, and band-pass filter 100 has a relatively broad and flat in-band response and a sharp roll-off outside the pass band instead of the single Lorentzian resonance shown in Figure 4 (curve 46) of the over-coupled conventional SBAR. The frequency response of band-pass filter 100 will be described further below with reference to Figure 6.
- the stacked FBARs 1 10 and 120 are suspended over a cavity 104 defined in a substrate 102.
- This way of suspending the stacked FBARs allows the stacked FBARs to resonate mechanically in response to an input electrical signal applied between the electrodes of one of them.
- Other suspension schemes that al w the stacked FBARs to resonate mechanically in response to an input electrical signal are possible.
- the stacked FBARs can be located over a mismatched acoustic Bragg reflector (not shown) formed in or on substrate 102, as disclosed by Lakin in United States patent no. 6,107,721.
- Figure 5C is an enlarged view of a first embodiment of acoustic decoupler 130 in which the acoustic decoupler is composed of a layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material located between the electrodes 114 and 122 of FBARs 110 and 120, respectively (Figure 5B).
- Layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material has a nominal thickness that is an odd integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100.
- the acoustic decoupling material has an acoustic impedance less than that of the piezoelectric material that constitutes the FBARs 110, 120.
- the acoustic decoupling material additionally has a high electrical resistivity and a low dielectric permittivity.
- the acoustic decoupling material of acoustic decoupler 130 has an acoustic impedance less that of the piezoelectric material of FBARs 110 and 120.
- the acoustic decoupling material also has an acoustic impedance substantially greater than that of air.
- the acoustic impedance of a material is the ratio of stress to particle velocity in the material and is measured in Rayleighs, abbreviated as rayl.
- the piezoelectric material of layers 116, 216 of the FBARs is typically aluminum nitride (AIN).
- AIN aluminum nitride
- the acoustic impedance of AIN is typically about 35 Mrayl and that of molybdenum, a typical electrode material, is about 63 Mrayl.
- the acoustic impedance of air is about 1 krayl.
- materials with an acoustic impedance in the range from about 2 Mrayl to about 8 Mrayl work well as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131.
- Figure 6 shows how the calculated frequency response of band-pass filter 100 depends on the acoustic impedance of the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 that constitutes an embodiment of acoustic decoupler 130.
- the embodiment illustrated has a center frequency of about 1,900 MHz.
- Calculated frequency responses for embodiments in which the acoustic decoupling material has an acoustic impedance of about 4 Mrayl, e.g., polyimide, (curve 140), about 8 Mrayl (curve 142) and about 16 Mrayl (curve 144) are shown. It can be seen that the width of the passband of the band-pass filter increases with increasing acoustic impedance of the acoustic decoupling material.
- Mrayl e.g., polyimide
- acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 is polyimide (curve 140) exhibits some under coupling of acoustic energy between FBARs 110, 120, but nevertheless has a pass band that is usefully wide.
- the embodiment in which the acoustic impedance of the acoustic decoupling material is about 16 Mrayl exhibits a double peak in the in-band response typical of significant over coupling of acoustic energy between FBARs 110, 120.
- An embodiment in which the acoustic decoupling material had an acoustic impedance intermediate between 2 Mrayl and 8 Mrayl would have an in-band response that included a flat portion indicative of critical coupling of acoustic energy between FBARs 110, 120.
- Figure 6 also shows that embodiments in which the acoustic decoupling material has an acoustic impedance of 8
- acoustic decoupler 130 shown in Figure 5C is composed of layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material with a nominal thickness equal to one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the band-pass filter, i.e., t « ⁇ , where f is the thickness of layer 131 and ⁇ disregard is the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100.
- a thickness of layer 131 within approximately ⁇ 10% of the nominal thickness can alternatively be used. A thickness outside this range can alternatively be used with some degradation in performance. However, the thickness of layer 131 should differ significantly from 0 ⁇ tone at one extreme (see Figure 3) and ⁇ J2 at the other extreme.
- acoustic decoupler 130 shown in Figure 5C are composed of layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material with a nominal thickness equal to an odd integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100, i.e., t ⁇ (2m + 1 ) ⁇ ,/4, where t and ⁇ beau are as defined above and m is an integer equal to or greater than zero.
- a thickness of layer 131 that differs from the nominal thickness by approximately ⁇ 10% of ⁇ J4 can alternatively be used.
- a thickness tolerance outside this range can be used with some degradation in performance, but the thickness of layer 131 should differ significantly from an integral multiple of ⁇ /2.
- embodiments of acoustic decoupler 130 in which the thickness of layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material is an odd integral multiple greater than unity of one quarter of the wavelength in the acoustic decoupling material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100 typically have frequency responses that exhibit spurious response artifacts due to the ability of such thicker layer to support multiple acoustic modes.
- layer 131 is formed by spin coating the acoustic decoupling material over electrode 114.
- a layer formed by spin coating will typically have regions of different thickness due to the contouring of the surface coated by the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131.
- the thickness of layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material is the thickness of the portion of the layer located between electrodes 114 and 122.
- Many plastic materials have acoustic impedances in the range stated above and can be applied in layers of uniform thickness in the thickness ranges stated above. Such plastic materials are therefore potentially suitable for use as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 of acoustic decoupler 130.
- the acoustic decoupling material must also be capable of withstanding the high temperatures of the fabrication operations performed after layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material has been deposited on electrode 114 to form acoustic decoupler 130.
- electrodes 122 and 124 and piezoelectric layer 126 are deposited by sputtering after layer 131 has been deposited. Temperatures as high as 400°C are reached during these deposition processes. Thus, a plastic that remains stable at such temperatures is used as the acoustic decoupling material. Plastic materials typically have a very high acoustic attenuation per unit length compared with the other materials of FBARs 110 and 120.
- acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of plastic acoustic decoupling material typically less than 1 ⁇ m thick, the acoustic attenuation introduced by layer 131 of acoustic decoupling material is typically negligible.
- a polyimide is used as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131.
- Polyimide is sold under the trademark Kapton® by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
- acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of polyimide applied to electrode 114 by spin coating. Polyimide has an acoustic impedance of about 4 Mrayl.
- a poly(para-xylylene) is used as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131.
- acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of poly(para-xylylene) applied to electrode 1 14 by vacuum deposition.
- Poly(para-xylylene) is also known in the art as parylene.
- the dimer precursor di-para-xylylene from which parylene is made and equipment for performing vacuum deposition of layers of parylene are available from many suppliers. Parylene has an acoustic impedance of about 2.8 Mrayl.
- a crosslinked polyphenylene polymer is used as the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131.
- acoustic decoupler 130 is composed of layer 131 of the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer to electrode 114 applied by spin coating.
- Crosslinked polyphenylene polymers have been developed as low dielectric constant dielectric materials for use in integrated circuits and consequently remain stable at the high temperatures to which acoustic decoupler 130 is subject during the subsequent fabrication of FBAR 120.
- the inventors have discovered that crosslinked polyphenylene polymers additionally have a calculated acoustic impedance of about 2 Mrayl. This acoustic impedance is in the range of acoustic impedances that provides band-pass filter 100 with a useful pass bandwidth.
- Precursor solutions containing various oligomers that polymerize to form respective crosslinked polyphenylene polymers are sold by The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Ml, under the trademark SiLK.
- the precursor solutions are applied by spin coating.
- the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer obtained from one of these precursor solutions designated SiLKTM J, which additionally contains an adhesion promoter, has a calculated acoustic impedance of 2.1 Mrayl, i.e., about 2 Mrayl.
- the oligomers that polymerize to form crosslinked polyphenylene polymers are prepared from biscyclopentadienone- and aromatic acetylene-containing monomers. Using such monomers forms soluble oligomers without the need for undue substitution.
- the precursor solution contains a specific oligomer dissolved in gamma- butyrolactone and cyclohexanone solvents.
- the percentage of the oligomer in the precursor solution determines the layer thickness when the precursor solution is spun on.
- the biscyclopentadienones react with the acetylenes in a 4+2 cycloaddition reaction that forms a new aromatic ring. Further curing results in the cross-linked polyphenylene polymer.
- the above-described crosslinked polyphenylene polymers are disclosed by Godschalx et al. in United States patent no. 5,965,679.
- crosslinked polyphenylene polymers have a lower acoustic impedance, a lower acoustic attenuation and a lower dielectric constant.
- a spun-on layer of the precursor solution is capable of producing a high-quality film of the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer with a thickness of the order of 200 nm, which is a typical thickness of acoustic decoupler 130.
- the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 constituting acoustic decoupler 130 has an acoustic impedance substantially greater than the materials of FBARs 110 and 120. No materials having this property are known at this time, but such materials may become available in future, or lower acoustic impedance FBAR materials may become available in future.
- the thickness of layer 131 of such high acoustic impedance acoustic decoupling material is as described above.
- Figure 5D is an enlarged view of part of band-pass filter 100 showing a second embodiment of acoustic decoupler 130 that incorporates a Bragg structure 161.
- Bragg structure 161 is composed of a low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 sandwiched between high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167.
- Low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 is a layer of a low acoustic impedance material whereas high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 are each a layer of high acoustic impedance material.
- the acoustic impedances of the materials of the Bragg elements are characterized as "low” and "high” with respect to one another and with respect to the acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric material of layers 116 and 126.
- At least one of the Bragg elements additionally has a high electrical resistivity and a low dielectric permittivity.
- Each of the layers constituting Bragg elements 161 , 163 and 165 has a nominal thickness equal to an odd integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the material the layer of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100. Layers that differ from the nominal thickness by approximately ⁇ 10% of one quarter of the wavelength can alternatively be used. A thickness tolerance outside this range can be used with some degradation in performance, but the thickness of the layers should differ significantly from an integral multiple of one- half of the wavelength.
- low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 is a layer of silicon dioxide (Si0 2 ), which has an acoustic impedance of about 13 Mrayl
- each of the high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 is a layer of the same material as electrodes 114 and 122, respectively, i.e., molybdenum, which has an acoustic impedance of about 63 Mrayl.
- high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 and electrodes 114 and 122, respectively, of FBARs 110 and 120, respectively allows high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 additionally to serve as electrodes 114 and 122, respectively.
- high acoustic impedance Bragg elements 165 and 167 have a thickness of one quarter of the wavelength in molybdenum of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100
- low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 has a thickness of three quarters of the wavelength in Si0 2 of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of the band-pass filter.
- Bragg structure 161 may be composed of more than one (e.g., n) low acoustic impedance Bragg element interleaved with a corresponding number (i.e., n + 1 ) of high acoustic impedance Bragg elements.
- the Bragg structure may be composed of two low acoustic impedance Bragg elements interleaved with three high acoustic impedance Bragg elements.
- Wafer-scale fabrication is used to fabricate thousands of band-pass filters similar to band-pass filter 100 at the same time. Such wafer-scale fabrication makes the band-pass filters inexpensive to fabricate.
- An exemplary fabrication method will be described next with reference to the plan views of Figures 7A-7J and the cross-sectional views of Figures 7K-7T.
- the pass band of the embodiment of band-pass filter 100 whose fabrication will be described has a nominal center frequency of about 1.9 GHz.
- Embodiments for operation at other frequencies are similar in structure and fabrication but have thicknesses and lateral dimensions different from those exemplified below.
- a wafer of single-crystal silicon is provided. A portion of the wafer constitutes, for each band-pass filter being fabricated, a substrate corresponding to the substrate 102 of band-pass filter 100.
- Figures 7A-7J and Figures 7K-7T illustrate and the following description describes the fabrication of band-pass filter 100 in and on a portion of the wafer. As band-pass filter 100 is fabricated, the remaining band-pass filters on the wafer as similarly fabricated. The portion of the wafer that constitutes substrate 102 of band-pass filter 100 is selectively wet etched to form cavity 104, as shown in Figures 7A and 7K.
- a layer of fill material (not shown) is deposited on the surface of the wafer with a thickness sufficient to fill the cavities. The surface of the wafer is then planarized to leave the cavities filled with the fill material.
- Figures 7B and 7L show cavity 104 in substrate 102 filled with fill material 105.
- the fill material was phosphosilicate glass (PSG) and was deposited using conventional low- pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD). The fill material may alternatively be deposited by sputtering, or by spin coating.
- a layer of metal is deposited on the surface of the wafer and the fill material.
- Electrode 112 typically has an irregular shape in a plane parallel to the major surface of the wafer. An irregular shape minimizes lateral modes in the FBAR 110 of which it forms part, as described in United States patent no. 6,215,375 of Larson III et al. Electrode 112 is shaped and located to expose part of the surface of fill material 105 so that the fill material can later be removed by etching, as will be described below.
- electrodes 112, 114, 122 and 124 ( Figure 5B) are defined are patterned such that, in respective planes parallel to the major surface of the wafer, electrodes 112 and 114 have the same shape, size, orientation and position, electrodes 122 and 124 have the same shape, size, orientation and position, and electrodes 114 and 122 typically have the same shape, size, orientation and position.
- the metal deposited to form electrode 112, bonding pad 132 and trace 133 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching to define a pentagonal electrode with an area of about 12,000 square ⁇ m.
- Other refractory metals such as tungsten, niobium and titanium may alternatively be used as the material of electrode 112, bonding pad 132 and trace 133.
- the electrode, bonding pad and trace may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of piezoelectric material is deposited and is patterned to define piezoelectric layer 116 as shown in Figures 7D and 7N. Piezoelectric layer 116 is patterned to expose part of the surface of fill material 105 and bonding pad 132 of electrode 112.
- Piezoelectric layer 116 is additionally patterned to define windows 119 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the piezoelectric material deposited to form piezoelectric layer 116 was aluminum nitride and was deposited with a thickness of about 1.4 ⁇ m by sputtering. The piezoelectric material was patterned by wet etching in potassium hydroxide or by chlorine-based dry etching.
- Alternative materials for piezoelectric layer 116 include zinc oxide, cadmium sulfide and poled ferroelectric materials such as perovskite ferroelectric materials, including lead zirconium titanate, lead meta niobate and barium titanate.
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define electrode 114, a bonding pad 134 and an electrical trace 135 extending between electrode 114 and bonding pad 134, as shown in Figures 7E and 70.
- the metal deposited to form electrode 114 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of electrode 1 14, bonding pad 134 and trace 135.
- the electrode, bonding pad and trace may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of acoustic decoupling material is then deposited and is patterned to define acoustic decoupler 130, as shown in Figures 7F and 7P.
- Acoustic decoupler 130 is shaped to cover at least electrode 114, and is additionally shaped to expose part of the surface of fill material 105 and bonding pads 132 and 134.
- Acoustic decoupler 130 is additionally patterned to define windows 119 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the acoustic decoupling material was polyimide with a thickness of about 600 nm, i.e., three quarters of the center frequency wavelength in the polyimide. The polyimide was deposited by spin coating, and was patterned by photolithography.
- Polyimide is photosensitive so that no photoresist is needed.
- other plastic materials can be used as the acoustic decoupling material.
- the acoustic decoupling material can be deposited by methods other than spin coating.
- the acoustic decoupling material was polyimide with a thickness of about 200 nm, i.e., one quarter of the center frequency wavelength in the polyimide. The polyimide was deposited by spin coating, and was patterned by photolithography as described above.
- the wafer after depositing and patterning the polyimide, the wafer was baked initially at a temperature of about 250 °C in air and finally at a temperature of about 415 °C in an inert atmosphere, such as a nitrogen atmosphere, before further processing was performed.
- the bake evaporates volatile constituents of the polyimide and prevents the evaporation of such volatile constituents during subsequent processing from causing separation of subsequently-deposited layers.
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define electrode 122 and an electrical trace 137 extending from electrode 122 to bonding pad 134, as shown in Figures 7G and 7Q. Bonding pad 134 is also electrically connected to electrode 1 14 by trace 135.
- the metal deposited to form electrode 122 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of electrode 122 and trace 137.
- the electrode and the trace may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of piezoelectric material is deposited and is patterned to define piezoelectric layer 126. Piezoelectric layer 126 is shaped to expose bonding pads 132 and 134 and to expose part of the surface of fill material 105 as shown in Figures 7H and 7R.
- Piezoelectric layer 126 is additionally patterned to define windows 1 19 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the piezoelectric material deposited to form piezoelectric layer 126 was aluminum nitride and was deposited with a thickness of about 780 nm by sputtering. The piezoelectric material was patterned by wet etching in potassium hydroxide or by chlorine-based dry etching.
- Alternative materials for piezoelectric layer 126 include zinc oxide, cadmium sulfide and poled ferroelectric materials such as perovskite ferroelectric materials, including lead zirconium titanate, lead meta ⁇ iobate and barium titanate.
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define electrode 124, a bonding pad 138 and an electrical trace 139 extending from electrode 124 to bonding pad 138, as shown in Figures 71 and 7S.
- the metal deposited to form electrode 124 was molybdenum.
- the molybdenum was deposited with a thickness of about 300 nm by sputtering, and was patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals such may alternatively be used as the material of electrode 124, bonding pad 138 and trace 139.
- the electrode, bonding pad and trace may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- the wafer is then isotropically wet etched to remove fill material 105 from cavity 104.
- band- pass filter 100 suspended over cavity 104, as shown in Figures 7 J and 7T.
- the etchant used to remove fill material 105 was dilute hydrofluoric acid.
- a gold protective layer is deposited on the exposed surfaces of bonding pads 132, 134 and 138.
- the wafer is then divided into individual band-pass filters, including band-pass filter 100. Each band-pass filter is mounted in a package and electrical connections are made between bonding pads 132, 134 and 138 of the band-pass filter and pads that are part of the package.
- acoustic decoupler 130 incorporates a Bragg structure, as shown in Figure 5D, is made by a process similar to that described above. The process differs as follows: After a layer of piezoelectric material is deposited and patterned to form piezoelectric layer 116, a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define high acoustic impedance Bragg element 165 shown in Figure 5D, bonding pad 134 and electrical trace 135 extending between high acoustic impedance Bragg element 165 and bonding pad 134, in a manner similar to that shown in Figures 7E and 70.
- the layer of metal is deposited with a nominal thickness equal to an odd, integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the metal of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100.
- High acoustic impedance Bragg element 165 additionally serves as electrode
- the metal deposited to form high acoustic impedance Bragg element 165 is molybdenum.
- the molybdenum is deposited with a thickness of about 820 nm (one-quarter wavelength in Mo) by sputtering, and is patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of high acoustic impedance
- the high acoustic impedance Bragg element, bonding pad and trace may alternatively comprise layers of more than one metal.
- a layer of low acoustic impedance material is then deposited and is patterned to define low acoustic impedance
- Bragg element 163 ⁇ in a manner similar to that shown in Figures 7F and 7P.
- the layer of low acoustic impedance material is deposited with a nominal thickness equal to an odd, integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the material of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100.
- Low acoustic impedance Bragg element 163 is shaped to cover at least high acoustic impedance Bragg element 165, and is additionally shaped to expose part of the surface of fill material 105 and bonding pads 132 and 134.
- the layer of low acoustic impedance material is additionally patterned to define windows 119 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material.
- the low acoustic impedance material is Si0 z with a thickness of about 790 nm.
- the Si0 2 is deposited by sputtering, and is patterned by etching.
- Other low acoustic impedance material that can be used as the material of low acoustic impedance Bragg element include phosphosilicate glass (PSG), titanium dioxide and magnesium fluoride.
- PSG phosphosilicate glass
- titanium dioxide titanium dioxide
- magnesium fluoride magnesium fluoride
- a layer of metal is deposited and is patterned to define high acoustic impedance Bragg element 167 shown in Figure 5D and electrical trace 137 extending from high acoustic impedance Bragg element 167 to bonding pad 134 in a manner similar to that shown in Figures 7G and 7Q. Bonding pad 134 is also electrically connected to high acoustic impedance Bragg element 167 by trace 135.
- the layer of metal is deposited with a nominal thickness equal to an odd, integral multiple of one quarter of the wavelength in the metal of an acoustic signal equal in frequency to the center frequency of band-pass filter 100.
- High acoustic impedance Bragg element 167 additionally serves as electrode 122 as shown in Figure 5D.
- the metal deposited to form high acoustic impedance Bragg element 167 and electrical trace 137 is molybdenum.
- the molybdenum is deposited with a thickness of about 820 nm (one-quarter wavelength in Mo) by sputtering, and is patterned by dry etching.
- Other refractory metals may alternatively be used as the material of high acoustic impedance Bragg element 167 and trace 137.
- the high acoustic impedance Bragg element and the trace may alternatively comprise layers of more than one material.
- a layer of piezoelectric material is then deposited and is patterned to define piezoelectric layer 126, as described above with reference to Figures 7H and 7R, and the process continues as described above to complete fabrication of band-pass filter 100.
- the acoustic decoupling material of layer 131 is a crosslinked polyphenylene polymer. After the layer of metal has been patterned to define electrode 114, as described above with reference to Figures 7E and 70, the precursor solution for the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer is spun on in a manner similar to that described above with reference to Figure 7F and 7P, but is not patterned.
- the formulation of the precursor solution and the spin speed are selected so that the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer forms a layer with a thickness of about 187 nm. This corresponds to one quarter of the wavelength ⁇ personally in the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer of an acoustic signal having a frequency equal to the center frequency of the pass band of band-pass filter 100.
- the wafer is then baked at a temperature in the range from about 385 °C to about 450 °C in an inert ambient, such as under vacuum or in a nitrogen atmosphere, before further processing is performed.
- the bake first drives off the organic solvents from the precursor solution, and then causes the oligomer to cross link as described above to form the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer.
- a layer of metal is then deposited on the layer of the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer in a manner similar to that described above with reference to Figure 7G and 7Q, but is initially patterned similarly to the patterning of acoustic decoupler 130 shown in Figure 7F to define a hard mask that will later be used to pattern the layer of the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer to define acoustic decoupler 130.
- the initially-patterned layer of metal has the same extent as acoustic decoupler 130, exposes bonding pads 132 and 134 and part of the surface of fill material 105, and has windows in the intended locations of windows 119 in acoustic decoupler 130.
- the layer of the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer is then patterned as shown in Figure 7F with the initially- patterned layer of metal as a hard etch mask. Patterning the layer of the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer defines the extent of acoustic decoupler 130, which exposes bonding pads 132 and 134 and part of the surface of fill material 105, and forms windows 119 that provide access to additional parts of the surface of the fill material. The patterning is performed with an oxygen plasma etch. The layer of metal is then re-patterned as shown in Figures 7G and 7Qto define electrode 122 and electrical trace 137 extending between electrode 122 and bonding pad 134.
- the precursor solution for the crosslinked polyphenylene polymer was one sold by The Dow Chemical Company and designated SiLKTM J.
- the precursor solution may be any suitable one of the precursor solutions sold by The Dow Chemical Company under the trademark SiLK.
- a layer of an adhesion promoter was deposited before the precursor solution was spun on.
- Band-pass filter 100 is used as follows. Bonding pad 134 electrically connected to electrodes 114 and 122 provides a ground terminal of the band-pass filter 100, bonding pad 132 electrically connected to electrode 1 12 provides an input terminal of the band-pass filter 100, and bonding pad 138 electrically connected to electrode 124 provides an output terminal of the band-pass filter 100. The input terminal and the output terminal can be interchanged. As noted above, band-pass filter 100 may additionally provide electrical isolation between input and output. In such an embodiment, an additional bonding pad (not shown) is defined in the metal in which electrode 122 and trace
- trace 137 extends from electrode 122 to the additional boding pad instead of to bonding pad 134.
- the input terminals and the output terminals are electrically isolated from one another. Again, the input terminals and output terminals may be interchanged.
- a comparison of Figure 6 with curve 46 of Figure 4 shows that the slope of the out-of-band frequency response of band-pass filter 100 is less steep than that of the band-pass ladder filter 10 shown in Figure 1.
- FIG 8 is a schematic drawing of an exemplary embodiment 200 of a band-pass filter in accordance with the invention having an out-of-band frequency response that has a steeper slope than that of band- pass filter 100, and in which, after the initial sharp fall, the frequency response rises to a substantially lower level than the band-pass ladder filter shown in Figure 1.
- Band-pass filter 200 is composed of a simplified FBAR-based ladder filter 210 connected in series with band-pass filter 100 described above with reference to Figures 5A and 5B.
- Ladder filter 210 is composed of series FBARs 212 and 214 and a shunt FBAR 216.
- Series FBARs 212 and 214 have a higher resonant frequency than shunt FBAR 21 .
- electrode 112 is connected to ground
- electrodes 1 14 and 122 are connected to the output of ladder filter 210, i.e., to the electrode 218 of FBAR 214
- electrode 124 provides the output terminal of band-pass filter 200.
- FBARs 212, 21 and 216 and band-pass filter 100 are structured so that band-pass filter 100 has a broader pass band than ladder filter 210.
- Figure 9 is a graph showing the calculated frequency response of band-pass filter 200 (curve 242) and that of band-pass filter 100 shown in Figures 5A and 5B (curve 244).
- the graph shows that the out-of-band frequency response of band-pass filter 200 has a steeper slope than that of band-pass filter 100, and the level to which the frequency response rises after the initial sharp fall is lower than that of the band-pass ladder filter shown in Figure 4.
- the FBARs constituting an FBAR-based ladder filter are typically all fabricated using a common layer of piezoelectric material.
- Band-pass filter 200 can be fabricated in a similar way.
- FBAR 110 ( Figure 5B) of band-pass filter 100 is fabricated using the same layer of piezoelectric material as FBARs 212, 214 and 216.
- Electrode 112 of FBAR 110 is part of the same metal layer as the electrode 220 of FBAR 216. Electrode 114 of FBAR 110 is part of the same metal layer as the electrode 218 of FBAR 214.
- a layer of acoustic decoupling material is deposited and is patterned to define acoustic decoupler 130 on electrode 114.
- FBAR 120 is then fabricated on the acoustic decoupler using a process similar to that described above.
- Electrodes 222 of FBAR 212 and to the electrode 220 of FBAR 216 provide the input terminals of band-pass filter 200 while electrical connections to electrodes 112 and 124 of band-pass filter 100 provide the output terminals of band-pass filter 200.
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