ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,513, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Skyworks Global Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Acoustic wave device having stacked piezoelectric layers between electrodes" was invented by Jiansong Liu (Fremont, Calif.), Kwang Jae Shin (Yongin, South Korea), Li Chen (Irvine, Calif.) and Chun Sing Lam (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave devices that include a plurality of stacked piezoelectric layers positioned between electrodes. Such acoustic wave devices can excite an overtone mode as a main mode. Related acoustic wave filters, radio frequency modules, wireless communication devices...