Device including piezoelectric thin film and a support having a vertical cross-section with a curvature
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsHiroshi Nakatsuka, Keiji Onishi, Takehiko Yamakawa, Tomohiro Iwasaki, Tomohide Kamiyama
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Abstract
An acoustic resonator includes a substrate, a support section provided on the substrate, a lower electrode provided on the support section, a piezoelectric body provided on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric body. The lower electrode, the piezoelectric body and the upper electrode form a vibration section. The support section for supporting the vibration section is shaped such that at least one portion of a vertical cross-section thereof has a curvature.
Claims10
An acoustic resonator vibrating at a predetermined frequency, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a vibration section including an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a piezoelectric body formed of a piezoelectric thin film and interposing the upper electrode and the lower electrode, the piezoelectric body, the upper electrode, and the lower electrode having the same size and exactly overlapping each other in the vertical projection direction;
- and
- a support section provided between the lower electrode and said substrate, said support section having a vertical cross-section, at least a portion of which has a curvature.
A micromachine switch utilizing a piezoelectric effect and an electrostatic effect, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a driving electrode provided on said substrate;
- a movable section including an upper electrode, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric body formed of a piezoelectric thin film and interposing the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and a movable electrode for signal lines;
- and
- a support section provided between the movable section and said substrate, said support section having a vertical cross-section, at least a portion of which having a curvature, and the vertical cross-section is narrowest at a central portion in a thickness direction thereof or the vicinity thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.