US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Sept. 1 for "Acoustic wave device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,173, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate including a support substrate and a piezoelectric layer, and an IDT electrode. In the IDT electrode, a second gap region includes gap portions on an extension line in an electrode finger extending direction. A through-hole is provided in a portion of the piezoelectric layer overlapping a gap portion in plan view. A recessed portion is provided in a portion of the support substrate overlappin...