ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,627, issued on March 18, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Hybrid resonators" was invented by Michael Wagner (Unterhaching, Germany) and Timo Gossmann (Neubiberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid resonator includes an acoustic wave resonator (AWR) having a piezoelectric material; a first electrical contact, electrically conductively connected to the piezoelectric material; and a second electrical contact, electrically conductively connected to the piezoelectric material. The hybrid resonator further includes a first resonant circuit, electrically conductively connected in series or parallel to the ac...