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Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric acoustic wave device

US5666706A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 11, 1995
Grant dateSep 16, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49812
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A piezoelectric acoustic wave device includes a substrate and a piezoelectric plate. The piezoelectric plate includes a resonating part, and has a top electrode at least on the top surface of the resonating part. The substrate and the piezoelectric plate are directly bonded at an area where they are in contact with each other by a chemical bond such as a covalent bond and an ionic bond. A depression is formed in at least one of the substrate and the piezoelectric plate. The method of manufacturing the piezoelectric acoustic wave device includes the steps of forming a depression in at least one of the substrate and the piezoelectric plate, filling the depression with an intermediate support layer, cleaning the surfaces of the substrate and the piezoelectric plate to directly bond to each other by a chemical bond, forming electrodes, and removing the intermediate support layer.

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