ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,279, issued on May 12, was assigned to SKYWORKS GLOBAL PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Radio frequency acoustic wave device with imbalanced raised frame" was invented by Jiansong Liu (Fremont, Calif.), Kwang Jae Shin (Yongin, South Korea), Jae Hyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jong Duk Han (Yongin, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bulk acoustic wave resonator device comprises a piezoelectric material layer, a first metal layer having a lower surface disposed on the upper surface of the piezoelectric material layer, a second metal layer having an upper surface disposed on the lower surface of the piezoelectric material layer, and ...