Micromachines (Nov 2023)

High Electromechanical Coupling Coefficient of Longitudinally Excited Shear Wave Resonator Based on Optimized Bragg Structure

  • Zhiheng Zhang,
  • Weipeng Xuan,
  • Hong Jiang,
  • Weilun Xie,
  • Zhaoling Li,
  • Shurong Dong,
  • Hao Jin,
  • Jikui Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14112086
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 11
p. 2086

Abstract

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In this work, a longitudinally excited shear-wave resonator (YBAR) based on single-crystalline lithium tantalate (LiTaO3, LT) thin film is proposed. The YBAR has a 200 nm X-cut thin film and molybdenum electrode. A high effective electromechanical coupling coefficient (k2eff) of up to 19% for the suspension-type structure was obtained. Furthermore, a Bragg reflector (SiO2/Pt) with optimized layer thickness ratio was employed to improve the performance of the YBAR. Compared to the acoustic wave resonators with the conventional quarter-wave (λ/4) Bragg reflector, the proposed YBAR with an optimized Bragg reflector can reflect both the longitudinal and shear waves efficiently, and resonators with spurious-free response and high quality (Q) value were achieved. This work provides a potential solution to enabling high coupling micro-acoustic resonators with high Q factor in the 5G/6G communication system.

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