US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Aug. 11 for "Acoustic wave device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,587, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Sho Nagatomo (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Minefumi Ouchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric layer made of one of lithium niobate or lithium tantalate and including first and second main surfaces, and first and second electrode fingers on the first main surface of the piezoelectric layer. The first and second electrode fingers are adjacent electrodes. When a center thickness of the piezoelectric layer in a region between the first and second electrode fi...