ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,536, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Tetsuya Kimura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic wave device includes a support including a support substrate with a thickness in a first direction, a piezoelectric layer on the support in the first direction on the support, and resonators each including a functional electrode on the piezoelectric layer in the first direction on the piezoelectric layer. The support includes space portions therein at positions where the functional electrodes at least partially overlap in a planar view...