ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,564, issued on June 23, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Film bulk acoustic wave resonators and filters with peripheral film frame" was invented by Gong Bin Tang (Moriguchi, Japan), Ousmane I Barry (Settsu, Japan) and Hiroyuki Nakamura (Osaka-Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film bulk acoustic wave resonator (FBAR) is disclosed with recessed and raised frame portions in the piezoelectric film. The FBAR can include a substrate, the piezoelectric film supported to oscillate in a direction opposite to a main surface of the substrate, and a pair of top and bottom electrodes formed respectively on top a...