• DocumentCode
    888881
  • Title

    A review of thin-film resonator technology

  • Author

    Lakin, K.M.

  • Author_Institution
    TFR Technol. Inc., Bend, OR, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    61
  • Lastpage
    67
  • Abstract
    Thin-film resonator technology has been under development for over 40 years as a means to reach higher frequencies than obtainable with conventional quartz-crystal technology. Using advances in microelectronic processing, thin films of piezoelectric materials are used to fabricate resonators and filters over a range of 500 MHz to 20 GHz. This article is a review of the thin-film resonator (TFR) technology that describes the core structures and issues and gives examples of filters and resonators that have been manufactured or demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    crystal resonators; piezoelectric materials; quasicrystals; resonator filters; thin film devices; 500 to 20E3 MHz; TFR technology; core structures; filter fabrication; microelectronic processing; piezoelectric materials; quartz-crystal technology; resonator fabrication; thin-film resonator technology; Electrodes; Equivalent circuits; Piezoelectric films; Piezoelectric materials; RLC circuits; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Resonator filters; Surface acoustic waves; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1527-3342
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMW.2003.1266067
  • Filename
    1266067