One embodiment of the film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT)
includes a decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonator (DSBAR) having a
lower film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) an upper FBAR stacked on the
lower FBAR, and, between the FBARs, an acoustic decoupler comprising a
layer of acoustic decoupling material. Each FBAR has opposed planar
electrodes with a piezoelectric element between them. The FACT
additionally has first terminals electrically connected to the electrodes
of one FBAR and second terminals electrically connected to the electrodes
of the other FBAR. Another embodiment has decoupled stacked bulk acoustic
resonators (DSBARs), each as described above, a first electrical circuit
interconnecting the lower FBARs, and a second electrical circuit
interconnecting the upper FBARs. The FACT provides impedance
transformation, can linking single-ended circuitry with balanced
circuitry or vice versa and electrically isolates primary and secondary.
Some embodiments are additionally electrically balanced.