Resonant Releases New PMTx Extension For TC-SAW Filter Technologies
November 09 2020 - 8:31AM
Resonant Inc. (NASDAQ: RESN), a leader in transforming the way
radio frequency, or RF, front-ends are being designed and delivered
for mobile handset and wireless devices, today announced the
release of a new extension to its PMTx, Process Monitoring Tool,
enabling PMTx to model and measure the fabrication processes of
TC-SAW (Temperature-Compensated Surface Acoustic Wave)– both Thick
SiO
2 and Bonded Wafer - filter technologies.
PMTx is an ISN® service that precisely monitors
and improves the fabrication process of SAW—and now the
more-complex and challenging-to-fabricate, TC-SAW—wafer
technologies. A TC-SAW process is used to fabricate filters that
are more stable over the expected device operating temperatures.
Leveraging ISN, foundries can improve yields, increase profit
margins and accelerate technology development. Leveraging
electronic models to more efficiently monitor the fabrication
process, PMTx provides a significant advantage over traditional
imaging technologies which are significantly slower and more
expensive, such as FIB-SEM and TEM. With PMTx customers enter their
target dimensions and PMTx measures actual production dimensions
against those targets, allowing customers to use the results to
make adjustments in their processes.
“The new PMTx extensions are significant because
they enable PMTx to monitor the fabrication processes of TC-SAW,
including Bonded Wafer, which the market is rapidly moving toward
from the SAW fabrication process that still dominates the market
today,” said George B. Holmes, Chairman and CEO of Resonant.
“Competition is fierce in this rapidly growing market, so any
improvement in cost efficiency is important. Our fab customers have
been increasingly asking for TC-SAW capabilities, and we believe we
now have the potential for new evaluation licenses and/or
customers. In fact, we expect at least one customer to sign an
evaluation license for PMTx TC-SAW in the fourth quarter of
2020.”
Advantages of
PMTx over
FIB-SEM
|
PMTx |
|
FIB-SEM |
• |
Non-destructive method |
• |
Destructive method |
• |
Uses non-destructive electronic modeling, saving cost and time of
wafers in fab |
• |
Uses energetic ion beams to physically cut the wafer, making it
unusable after measurement |
• |
Takes minutes to sample full wafer |
• |
Takes hours to days, slowing fab recovery time |
• |
Characterizes the complete filter building block and provides
trends across wafer |
• |
Extremely localized on wafer, hours to get a spot check only |
• |
Enables foundry in-line benchmarking for critical processing
parameters |
• |
Does not provide electrical performance and requires careful
calibration |
About Resonant Inc.
Resonant (NASDAQ: RESN) is transforming the
market for RF front-ends (RFFE) by disrupting the RFFE supply chain
through the delivery of solutions that leverage our Infinite
Synthesized Network (ISN) software tools platform, capitalize on
the breadth of our IP portfolio, and are delivered through our
services offerings. In a market that is critically constrained by
limited designers, tools and capacity, Resonant addresses these
critical problems by providing customers with ever increasing
design efficiency, reduced time to market and lower unit costs.
Customers leverage Resonant’s disruptive capabilities to design
cutting edge filters and modules, while capitalizing on the added
stability of a diverse supply chain through Resonant’s fabless
ecosystem-the first of its kind. Working with Resonant, customers
enhance the connectivity of current mobile devices, while preparing
for the demands of emerging 5G applications. To learn more about
Resonant, view the series of videos published on its website that
explain Resonant's technologies and market positioning:
- Resonant Corporate Video
- ISN and XBAR: Speeding the Transition to 5G
- Infinite Synthesized Networks, ISN Explained
- What is an RF Filter?
- RF Filter Innovation
- Transforming the Mobile Filter Supply Chain
For more information, please
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Regulation FD. Therefore, investors should monitor the company’s
website and its social media accounts in addition to following the
company’s press releases, SEC filings, public conference
calls, and webcasts.
About Resonant’s ISN®
Technology
Resonant can create designs for difficult bands,
modules and other complex RF Front End requirements that we believe
have the potential to be manufactured for less cost and less time
than traditional approaches. ISN is a suite of proprietary
mathematical methods, software design tools and network synthesis
techniques that enable us to explore a much larger set of possible
design solutions that regularly incorporate our proprietary
technology. We then quickly deliver design simulations to our
customers, which they manufacture or have manufactured by one of
our foundry partners. These improved solutions still use Surface
Acoustic Wave (SAW) or Temperature Compensated Surface Acoustic
Wave (TC-SAW) manufacturing methods and perform as well as those
using higher cost manufacturing methods such as Bulk Acoustic Wave
(BAW). Resonant's method delivers excellent predictability,
enabling achievement of the desired product performance in roughly
half as many turns through the fab. In addition, because Resonant's
models are fundamental, integration with its foundry and fab
customers is seamless because its models speak the "fab language"
of basic material properties and dimensions.
Safe Harbor / Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements, which include the following subjects, among others: the
capabilities of our filter designs and software tools.
Forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document
and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the
following: our limited operating history; our ability to complete
designs that meet customer specifications; the ability of our
customers (or their manufacturers) to fabricate our designs in
commercial quantities; our customers’ ability to sell products
incorporating our designs to their OEM customers; changes in our
expenditures and other uses of cash; the ability of our designs to
significantly lower costs compared to other designs and solutions;
the risk that the intense competition and rapid technological
change in our industry renders our designs less useful or obsolete;
our ability to find, recruit and retain the highly skilled
personnel required for our design process in sufficient numbers to
support our growth; our ability to manage growth; and general
market, economic and business conditions. Additional factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated by our forward-looking statements are under the
captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most
recent Annual Report (Form 10-K) or Quarterly Report (Form 10-Q)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking
statements are made as of the date of this release, and we
expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update
forward-looking statements.
Investor Relations Contact:Greg
Falesnik or Brooks HamiltonMZ Group - MZ North America(949)
546-6326RESN@mzgroup.us www.mzgroup.us
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