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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179017 | Boundary acoustic wave device having three-medium structure A boundary acoustic wave device that has a three-medium structure and that prevents a high-order mode spurious response includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first dielectric layer laminated on the piezoelectric substrate, a second dielectric layer laminated on the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159110 | Fluid actuator, and heat generating device and analysis device using the same A fluid actuator includes a piezoelectric body (31), a fluid channel (2) having the piezoelectric body (31) on a part of the inner wall thereof and enabling a fluid to move inside, and a surface acoustic wave generation portion (101) for ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154170 | Acoustic wave device and method for manufacturing the same An acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate on which an acoustic wave element and an electrode pad connected to the acoustic wave element are formed; a first resin part having a first opening located above a function area in which an acoustic wave is... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154171 | Boundary acoustic wave device A boundary acoustic wave device includes a first medium layer made of piezoelectric material, a second medium layer provided on the first medium layer, a third medium layer provided on the second medium layer, and an electrode provided at an interface between the se... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8120230 | Acoustic wave device An acoustic wave device includes an acoustic wave element including an IDT electrode provided on a substrate, and a protective film arranged to cover the acoustic wave element so as to stabilize characteristics. The protective film is a silicon nitride film composed... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115365 | Surface acoustic wave devices A surface acoustic wave device has a supporting substrate, a propagation substrate made of a piezoelectric single crystal, an organic adhesive layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 1.0 μm and bonding the supporting substrate and the propagation substrate, and a surfac... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8089196 | Microcavity enhanced surface acoustic wave devices Shear-horizontal surface acoustic wave sensors with micro-cavities in the delay paths were studied using finite element methods. The microcavity devices are SAW delay path devices that have the delay path etched with square patterns at various wavelength dimensions ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084916 | Acoustic wave device and electronic equipment using the same An acoustic wave device has: a piezoelectric body; an interdigital electrode that is arranged on the piezoelectric body and excites an acoustic wave; and a dielectric layer that is arranged on the piezoelectric body so as to cover the interdigital electrode. The die... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072118 | Surface acoustic wave device A highly reliable surface acoustic wave device includes wiring lines that do not easily rupture at a three-dimensional wiring portion. The surface acoustic wave device includes a plurality of surface acoustic wave elements located on a piezoelectric substrate, a sup... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058768 | Bulk acoustic wave resonator device A bulk acoustic wave, BAW, resonator device comprising first and second metal layers (10, 20) and an intervening piezoelectric layer (30), the first metal layer (10) comprising spaced first and second portions (12, 14), wherein the first ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058769 | Mechanical resonating structures including a temperature compensation structure Mechanical resonating structures are described, as well as related devices and methods. The mechanical resonating structures may have a compensating structure for compensating temperature variations. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049395 | Boundary acoustic wave device A boundary acoustic wave device includes an IDT electrode between a piezoelectric layer and a dielectric layer. A low thermal expansion medium layer having a linear thermal expansion coefficient less than that of the piezoelectric layer is laminated on the piezoelec... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044553 | Temperature compensated surface acoustic wave device and method having buried interdigital transducers for providing an improved insertion loss and quality factor A SAW device having metal electrodes on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate includes a dielectric layer deposited on the surface. Depositing the layer results in seams extending upward from the electrodes extending above the surface of the substrate. An additio... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8018121 | Integrated thickness shear mode (TSM) sensor and surface acoustic wave (SAW) device for simultaneous sensing and removal of analytes Provided is a sensor which integrates a pair of substantially unidirectional surface acoustic wave (SAW) interdigital transducers (IDTs) and a thickness shear mode (TSM) electrode. The sensor provides simultaneous sensing and removal of material from the sensor's su... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018120 | Surface acoustic wave device and method of fabricating the same A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate; comb electrodes provided on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and an insulating film provided on at least one of the first surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second surface th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7999437 | Acoustic boundary wave device and electronic apparatus using the same An acoustic boundary wave device includes a piezoelectric body, an IDT layer formed on the piezoelectric body, a pad electrode layer formed on the piezoelectric body and connected to the IDT layer, a first dielectric layer formed on the piezoelectric body and coveri... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7982364 | Surface acoustic wave device and method for manufacturing the same A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and a lid spaced apart from each other oppositely by a specific interval. A comb electrode and a pad electrode are provided to the piezoelectric substrate on a main surface on the lid side, and an ext... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982363 | Bulk acoustic device and method for fabricating A method for fabricating a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device comprising providing a growth substrate and growing an Group-III nitride epitaxial layer on the growth substrate. A first electrode is deposited on the epitaxial layer. A carrier substrate is provided and th... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982365 | Elastic wave device and filter and electronic equipment using the device The elastic wave device of the present invention has an piezoelectric substrate; a first dielectric layer disposed on the piezoelectric substrate; a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; and an acoustical layer on the second dielectric laye... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977848 | Planar surface acoustic wave device, communication module, and communication apparatus An acoustic wave device of the present application includes a piezoelectric substrate (14), interdigital transducer electrodes (13) formed on the piezoelectric substrate (14), and an SiO2 film (12) formed so as to cover the ele... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7965015 | Lamb wave device There is provided a lamb wave device with small variations in frequency, the device including: a piezoelectric thin film; an IDT electrode which is provided on a main surface of the piezoelectric thin film; and a support structure which supports a laminate of the ID... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7944115 | Traveling wave grids with agitated surface using piezoelectric effect and acoustic traveling waves A system for transporting particles includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced electrically conductive electrodes carried by the substrate. Further included is a carrier medium adapted for the retention and migration of particles disposed therein, wherein the ca... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939987 | Acoustic wave device employing reflective elements for confining elastic energy An acoustic wave device includes electrodes carried on a surface of a piezoelectric material and an array of reflective obstacles such that elastic energy resulting from a piezoelectric effect is preferentially directed along a primary wave propagation path. The arr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936106 | Surface acoustic wave sensor device Provided herein is a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor device including a surface acoustic wave sensor and an oscillator corresponding to the surface acoustic wave sensor. A horizontal plane defined by the oscillator is inclined at a predetermined angle with respec... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7928633 | Elastic wave element containing a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride oxide film An elastic wave element includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital electrode provided on the piezoelectric substrate, a silicon oxide film covering the interdigital electrode, and a silicon nitride oxide film provided on the silicon oxide film. A film thick... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7911111 | Surface acoustic wave devices A surface acoustic wave device has a supporting substrates, a propagation substrate A made of a piezoelectric single crystal, an organic adhesive layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 1.0 μm and bonding the supporting substrate and the propagation substrate, and a sur... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902717 | Boundary acoustic wave device and method for manufacturing the same A boundary acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substance, a dielectric substance laminated on the piezoelectric substance, and an electrode film disposed at a boundary between the piezoelectric substance and a dielectric substance, the device utilizing a b... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7868517 | Lamb wave resonator A Lamb wave resonator includes a piezoelectric layer, and a first electrode against a first face of the piezoelectric layer. The first electrode includes fingers and a contact arm, with each finger including a first side in contact with the contact arm and two other... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7834514 | Wireless surface acoustic wave-based proximity sensor, sensing system and method The subject invention is related to wireless proximity sensor and sensing system for detecting the position of an object. The system includes a transceiver for providing wireless communication with a passive wireless surface acoustic wave (SAW) proximity sensor. The... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830067 | Elastic boundary wave device An elastic boundary wave device includes a first medium with piezoelectricity, an electrode exciting an elastic wave and provided on the first medium, a second medium made of a different material from the first medium and provided on the first medium to cover the el... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7795779 | Saw torque and temperature sensor A contactless SAW based torque and temperature sensor includes three SAW resonators 2, 3, 4 mounted on a common substrate 1 made of Y+34° cut of quartz. The first SAW 2 has its principle axis inclined at +45° to the X-axis of the substrate, wh... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791250 | Method for ultra-fast controlling of a magnetic cell and related devices The present invention relates to a device and corresponding method for ultrafast controlling of the magnetization of a magnetic element. A device (100) includes a surface acoustic wave generating means (102), a transport layer (104), which is ty... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7781936 | Surface acoustic wave device having gap between surface acoustic wave filters covered by sealer A surface acoustic wave device includes a base substrate, first and second surface acoustic wave filters mounted on a surface of the base substrate, and a sealer provided on the surface of the base substrate and covering the first and second surface acoustic wave fi... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7764005 | Traveling wave grids with agitated surface using piezoelectric effect and acoustic traveling waves A system for transporting particles includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced electrically conductive electrodes carried by the substrate. Further included is a carrier medium adapted for the retention and migration of particles disposed therein, wherein the ca... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7741752 | High frequency surface acoustic wave device and the substrate thereof A high frequency SAW device and the substrate thereof are disclosed. The disclosed high frequency SAW device does not need to use the conventional and expensive sapphire substrate as its substrate. Besides, the disclosed substrate for a high-frequency SAW device can... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7737603 | Boundary acoustic wave device A boundary acoustic wave device includes a solid layer laminated onto a single crystal substrate, electrodes provided between the single crystal substrate and the solid layer, and boundary acoustic wave elements provided on the single crystal substrate having the sa... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728483 | Lamb wave type frequency device and method thereof A Lamb wave type high frequency device comprises: a piezoelectric substrate; an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode formed on a first main surface of the piezoelectric substrates a reinforcing substrate connected to a second main surface of the piezoelectric sub... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7701113 | Acoustic wave device and method for fabricating the same A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, at least one interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode provided on the piezoelectric substrate, and an insulator layer to improve a temperature characteristic arranged so as to cover the IDT electrode.... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7683521 | Radio frequency surface acoustic wave proximity detector A proximity sensor for determining a position of an object. The proximity sensor includes a SAW device having a load end and an input end for receiving an input pulse. A sensing section connects to the load end of the SAW device. When the object is in a first positi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7667369 | High sensitivity microsensors based on flexure induced frequency effects Acoustic sensing utilizing a cantilever structure coupled about at least one side of said cantilever to a base substrate, wherein said cantilever includes a piezoelectric section and has at least one acoustic wave device on a portion of the cantilever, wherein a fle... | 02/23/2010 |
