Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for fabricating RF resonators and filters
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Application No.: US15494904Application Date: 2017-04-24
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Publication No.: US10439581B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Dror Hurwitz
- Applicant: Crystal Waves LABs Limited
- Applicant Address: CN Zhuhai
- Assignee: Zhuhai Crystal Resonance Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Zhuhai Crystal Resonance Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Zhuhai
- Agency: Wiggin and Dana LLP
- Agent Gregory S. Rosenblatt; Jonathan D. Hall
- Main IPC: H03H3/02
- IPC: H03H3/02 ; H03H9/56 ; H01L41/107 ; H03H9/10 ; H03H9/58

Abstract:
A method of fabricating an RF filter comprising an array of resonators comprising the steps of: Obtaining a removable carrier with release layer; Growing a piezoelectric film on a removable carrier; Applying a first electrode to the piezoelectric film; Obtaining a backing membrane on a cover, with or without prefabricated cavities between the backing film and cover; Attaching the backing membrane to the first electrode; Detaching the removable carrier; Measuring and trimming the piezoelectric film as necessary; Selectively etching away the piezoelectric layer to fabricate discrete resonator islands; Etching down through coatings and backing membrane to a silicon dioxide layer between the backing membrane and the cover to form trenches; Applying a passivation layer into the trenches and around the piezoelectric islands; Depositing a second electrode layer over the piezoelectric film islands and surrounding passivation layer; Applying connections for subsequent electrical coupling to an interposer; Selectively removing second electrode material leaving coupled resonator arrays; Creating a gasket around perimeter of the resonator array; Thinning down cover to desired thickness; Optionally fabricating upper cavities between the backing membrane and cover by drilling holes through the cover and then selectively etching away the silicon dioxide; Dicing the wafer into flip chip single unit filter arrays; Obtaining an interposer; Optionally applying a dam to the interposer surface to halt overfill flow; Coupling the flip chip single unit filter array to pads of the interposer by reflow of the solder cap; Encapsulating with polymer underfill/overfill; and Singulating into separate filter modules.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180278228A1 METHOD FOR FABRICATING RF RESONATORS AND FILTERS Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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