Acoustic galvanic isolator incorporating series-connected decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonators
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1. A galvanic isolator, comprising:
- a carrier signal source;
a modulator connected to receive an information signal and the carrier signal;
a demodulator; and
connected between the modulator and the demodulator, an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler comprising;
a first decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) comprising an acoustically-resonant electrical insulator, and a second DSBAR comprising acoustically-resonant electrical insulator, each of the DSBARs further comprising;
a first film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR);
a second FBAR and an acoustic decoupler between the first FBAR and the second FBAR, wherein the DSBARs are connected in series; and
each of the DSBARs further comprises an additional acoustic decoupler between the FBARs; and
the acoustically-resonant electrical insulator comprises a quarter-wave layer of electrically-insulating material located between the acoustic decoupler and the additional acoustic decoupler.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the acoustic galvanic isolator comprise a carrier signal source, a modulator connected to receive an information signal and the carrier signal, a demodulator, and an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler connected between the modulator and the demodulator. The electrically-isolating acoustic coupler comprises series-connected decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonators (DSBARs).
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1. A galvanic isolator, comprising:
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a carrier signal source; a modulator connected to receive an information signal and the carrier signal;
a demodulator; andconnected between the modulator and the demodulator, an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler comprising; a first decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) comprising an acoustically-resonant electrical insulator, and a second DSBAR comprising acoustically-resonant electrical insulator, each of the DSBARs further comprising;
a first film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR);
a second FBAR and an acoustic decoupler between the first FBAR and the second FBAR, wherein the DSBARs are connected in series; andeach of the DSBARs further comprises an additional acoustic decoupler between the FBARs; and
the acoustically-resonant electrical insulator comprises a quarter-wave layer of electrically-insulating material located between the acoustic decoupler and the additional acoustic decoupler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A galvanic isolator, comprising:
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a carrier signal source; a modulator connected to receive an information signal and the carrier signal; a demodulator; and
connected between the modulator and the demodulator, an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler comprising;
a first decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) and a second DSBAR connected in series to the first DSBAR, each of the DSBARs comprising;a first film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), a second FBAR, and an acoustic decoupler between the first FBAR and the second FBAR, and an acoustically-resonant electrical insulator comprising a first half-wave acoustically-resonant electrical insulator, and a second half-wave acoustically-resonant electrical insulator, wherein the acoustic decoupler is located between the first half-wave acoustically-resonant electrical insulator and the second half-wave acoustically-resonant electrical insulator. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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