CMOS-integrated aluminum nitride MEMS: A review

RMR Pinto, V Gund, RA Dias… - Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aluminum nitride (AlN) has gained wide interest owing to its high values of elastic modulus,
band gap, dielectric strength, resistivity, thermal conductivity and acoustic velocities …

Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer technology: recent advances and applications

Y He, H Wan, X Jiang, C Peng - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this article is to review the recent advancement in piezoelectric
micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) technology and the associated piezoelectric …

Single-cell system using monolithic PMUTs-on-CMOS to monitor fluid hydrodynamic properties

E Ledesma, I Zamora, J Yanez, A Uranga… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
In this work, a single cell capable of monitoring fluid density, viscosity, sound velocity, and
compressibility with a compact and small design is presented. The fluid measurement …

Phased array based on AlScN Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers monolithically integrated on CMOS

I Zamora, E Ledesma, A Uranga… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we present an array of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer
(PMUT's) based on AlScN piezoelectric layer, monolithically integrated on top of a 130 nm …

Enhancing AlN PMUTs' acoustic responsivity within a MEMS-on-CMOS process

E Ledesma, I Zamora, A Uranga, F Torres, N Barniol - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, guidelines for the optimization of piezoelectrical micromachined ultrasound
transducers (PMUTs) monolithically integrated over a CMOS technology are developed …

Cost-effective strategy for developing small sized high frequency PMUTs toward phased array imaging applications

B Yu, C Yu, L Zhang, Z Wang, X Xu… - Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the development of small sized piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound
transducer (PMUT) with cost effective fabrication process. Improved ultrasound imaging …

Thin-Film Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers in Biomedical Applications: A Review

SJZ Wong, K Roy, C Lee, Y Zhu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thin-film piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducers (PMUTs) are an increasingly
relevant and well-researched field, and their biomedical importance has been growing as …

Multi-Channel PMUT for Wireless Power Transfer and Data Telemetry

T Zhang, AA Seshia - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) capable
of simultaneous acoustic power transfer and multi-channel data telemetry. Using a custom …

An AlSCN PMUT-on-CMOS sensor for monitoring fluids' density, viscosity, sound velocity, and compressibility

E Ledesma, I Zamora, J Yanez… - 2023 IEEE 36th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a monolithic system-on-chip based on a single piezoelectric
micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) and its CMOS analog front-end circuitry. This …

AlN-based HBAR ultrasonic sensor for fluid detection in microchannels with multi-frequency operation capability over the GHz range

J Yanez, E Ledesma, A Uranga… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current bulk acoustic microresonators offer improved resolution respect to Quartz Crystal
Microbalance and Surface Acoustic Wave devices, but tend to be brittle during operation as …