ABSTRACT This paper describes temperature compensated bulk acoustic-wave resonators (BAR) with temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) less than 1 ppm/°C at above 3 GHz. The temperature compensation is produced from the unique physical property of silicon dioxide's positive TCF, unlike most other materials that have negative TCF. Two types of resonators have been explored: film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) composed of Al/ZnO/Al/SiO2 on a surface micromachined cantilever that is released by XeF2 vapor etching and high-overtone acoustic resonator (HBAR) composed of an Al/ZnO/Al resonator on a bulk micromachined SiO2/Si/SiO2 supporting substrate.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.505
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