Fully-differential mechanically-coupled PZT-on-silicon filters
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
This paper reports on the design of a 2-pole differential MEMS filter using mechanically-coupled overtone width-extensional resonators. The resonators and filters are fabricated in the 10 μm thick device layer of a SOI wafer and transduced by a 0.5 μm PZT (lead zirconate titanate) thin film deposited on the top surface of the wafer. A 206.3 MHz overtone width-extensional filter is demonstrated with 653 kHz bandwidth, -25 dB insertion loss (IL) and -62 dB stop-band rejection in air. Uncompensated temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) of -16 ppm/°C and third-order input intercept point (IIP3) of +52.5 dBm are demonstrated by the filter. The piezoelectric response of the filter is controlled by varying the electric field across the PZT transducer. A 20 dB improvement in IL and 0.22% center frequency tuning resulted by applying 20 V DC tuning voltage.
Source Publication
2008 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
Recommended Citation
Hengky Chandrahalim, Sunil A. Bhave, Ronald G. Polcawich, Jeff Pulskamp, Dan Judy, Roger Kaul, and Madan Dubey, "Fully-differential mechanically-coupled PZT-on-silicon filters," IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2008, pp. 713-716. doi: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0170
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