Free standing and solidly mounted Lamb wave resonators based on Al0. 85Sc0. 15N thin film

Hugo Chambon, Pascal Nicolay, ,

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    Abstract

    Lamb wave microresonators with wavelengths k of 5–8 lm, vibrating in the S0 mode, and having 75 electrode pairs were fabricated and
    characterized. The results were compared to theoretical predictions obtained by finite element simulation. The active material was a 1 lmthick Al0.85Sc0.15N thin film. Two types of acoustic isolation solutions were implemented: the first one with freestanding plates fixed by two
    bridges to a device frame [freestanding Lamb wave resonator (FS-LWR)] and the second one containing an acoustic W/SiO2 5-layer reflector
    [solidly mounted Lamb wave resonator (SM-LWR)]. All devices showed excellent agreement with FEM predictions, regarding resonance frequency and piezoelectric coupling. The quality factors of the SM-LWR devices were 5–6 times larger than the ones of the freestanding structures fabricated by the same Al0.85Sc0.15N deposition process: we achieved a figure of merit of 12–18 (Qp ¼ 771, Qs ¼ 507, k2 ¼ 2.29%) at an
    operation frequency of 1430 MHz, which is so far the best performance realized with a MEMS Lamb wave resonator having a large number
    of electrode fingers. This performance opens up perspectives for filter applications.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number114
    Pages (from-to)1-4
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume114
    Issue number223103
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2019

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