Effect of diamond nucleation process on propagation losses of AlN/diamond SAW filter

In this work, the effect of a diamond nucleation process on freestanding aluminium nitride (AlN)/diamond surface acoustic wave (SAW) device performances was studied. Before diamond deposition, silicon (Si) substrates have been mechanically nucleated, using an ultrasonic vibration table with submicro...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. - 1999. - 51(2004), 12 vom: 03. Dez., Seite 1704-9
1. Verfasser: Elmazria, Omar (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: El Hakiki, Mohamed, Mortet, Vincent, Assouar, Badreddine M, Nesládek, Milos, Vanecek, Milan, Bergonzo, Philippe, Alnot, Patrick
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2004
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:In this work, the effect of a diamond nucleation process on freestanding aluminium nitride (AlN)/diamond surface acoustic wave (SAW) device performances was studied. Before diamond deposition, silicon (Si) substrates have been mechanically nucleated, using an ultrasonic vibration table with submicron diamond slurry, and bias-enhanced nucleated (BEN). Freestanding diamond layers obtained on mechanically scratched Si substrates exhibit a surface roughness of R(MS) = 13 nm, whereas very low surface roughness (as low as R(MS) < or = 1 nm) can be achieved on a freestanding BEN diamond layer. Propagation losses have been measured as a function of the operating frequency for the two nucleation techniques. Dispersion curves of phase velocities and electromechanical coupling coefficient (K2) were determined experimentally and by calculation as a function of normalized thickness AlN film (kh(AlN) = 2pi h(AlN)/lambda). Experimental results show that the propagation losses strongly depend on the nucleation technique, and that these losses are weakly increased with frequency when the BEN technique is used
Beschreibung:Date Completed 10.03.2005
Date Revised 17.09.2019
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Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0885-3010