Development trends and perspectives of future sensors and MEMS/NEMS

J Zhu, X Liu, Q Shi, T He, Z Sun, X Guo, W Liu… - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
With the fast development of the fifth-generation cellular network technology (5G), the future
sensors and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)/nanoelectromechanical systems …

Characterization of AlN and AlScN film ICP etching for micro/nano fabrication

Z Luo, S Shao, T Wu - Microelectronic Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching characteristics of (0002)
Aluminum Nitride (AlN) and Aluminum Scandium Nitride (Al 0.94 Sc 0.06 N) piezoelectric …

Aluminum nitride thin film based reconfigurable integrated photonic devices

Z Luo, A Zhang, W Huang, S Shao… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past few decades, silicon photonics with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
(CMOS) process compatibility has been well developed and successfully applied to …

Al0.78Sc0.22N Lamb Wave Contour Mode Resonators

Z Luo, S Shao, T Wu - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the lamb wave contour mode resonators (CMRs) based on 22%
aluminum scandium nitride (AlScN) thin film with of 12–24, and operating in mode. We …

Broadband zero-power wakeup mems device for energy-efficient sensor nodes

M Ahmed, T Dankwort, S Grünzig, V Lange, B Gojdka - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
A zero-power wakeup scheme for energy-efficient sensor applications is presented in this
study based on a piezoelectric MEMS energy harvester featuring wafer-level-integrated …

Zero power, tunable resonant microphone with nanowatt classifier for wake-up sensing

V Pinrod, R Ying, C Ou, A Ruyack, B Davaji… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper shows a high sensitivity (12.6 V/Pa), tunable, and zero-power microphone for use
in a near zero power detection system. The microphone uses energy from incoming sound …

Design and fabrication of an electrostatic aln rf mems switch for near-zero power rf wake-up receivers

WZ Zhu, T Wu, G Chen, C Cassella… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe an aluminum nitride (AlN)-based resonant switch for use in a near zero power
radio frequency (RF) wake-up receiver. A folded beam structure with a slot compensates for …

Optimization of S1 Lamb wave resonators with A10. 8Sc0. 2N

S Shao, Z Luo, T Wu - 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate the optimized design of Al 0.8 Sc 0.2 N-based S 1 Lamb wave resonators.
The S 1 mode shows a phase velocity of over 20,000 m/s, and an electromechanical …

Optimization of AlN and AlScN film ICP etching

Z Luo, S Shao, T Wu - 2021 IEEE 34th International Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching characteristics of (0002) oriented
Aluminum Nitride (AlN) and Aluminum Scandium Nitride (Al 0.94 Sc 0.06 N) piezoelectric …

Investigations on the quality factor of lithium niobate laterally vibrating resonators with figure of merit greater than 1,500

L Colombo, A Kochhar… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on quality factor investigations of high-performance 50 MHz X-cut Lithium
Niobate (LN) Laterally Vibrating Resonators (LVR). The effects of resonators' topology on …