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Fabrication of Surface Acoustic Wave Devices on Lithium Niobate
Published on: June 18, 2020
Lithium-niobate-based surface acoustic wave oscillator directly integrated with CMOS sustaining amplifier
Shuji Tanaka1, KyeongDong Park, Masayoshi Esashi
1Department of Nanomechanics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. tanaka@mems.mech.tohoku.ac.jp
Abstract:
In this study, a LiNbO(3)-based SAW resonator was directly integrated with a CMOS sustaining amplifier using new wafer-bonding-based integration technology. The developed integration technology has overcome the large thermal expansion mismatch between LiNbO(3) (14 to 15 ppm/K along the a-axis) and Si (2.6 ppm/K) by temporary wafer supporting and low-temperature Au-Au bonding. Two kinds of bonding, UV polymer bonding for temporary wafer supporting and Au-Au bonding following plasma surface activation, are key process technologies. A 500-MHz one-chip SAW oscillator was prototyped and evaluated. A low phase noise of -122 dBc/ Hz at 10 kHz offset and -160 dBc/Hz at 500 kHz offset was achieved.
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