ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,159, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Bulk acoustic wave resonator with integrated capacitor" was invented by Joshua James Caron (Summerfield, N.C.), Lisha Shi (San Jose, Calif.) and David Albert Feld (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated bulk acoustic wave resonator-capacitor comprises a membrane including a piezoelectric film, an upper electrode disposed on a top surface of the piezoelectric film, and a lower electrode disposed on a lower surface of the piezoelectric film, a resonator region of the membrane defining a main active domain in which a main acoustic ...