SAW device and manufacturing method

摘要

In a SAW device comprising a piezoelectric single crystal substrate and electrodes on a surface thereof, the substrate is obtained by slicing a LiTaO3 or LiNbO3 material such that a plane containing axis X and perpendicular to a new axis Y obtained by rotating axis Y about axis X by an angle of 33 DEG +/-9 DEG becomes the substrate surface, and each electrode is a layered film including a titanium nitride layer and an aluminum layer thereon. The aluminum layer containing no grain boundaries ensures high efficiency, long life SAW devices experiencing no increase of electrical resistance.