• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 제36회 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1992-1994
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• 2005

In this study, Bragg reflector was formed as tungsten(W) and $SiO_2$ deposited by RF magnetron sputtering according to variable conditions of RF power and working pressure to apply to the SMR type FBAR device, one of the next generation mobile communication devices. The micro-structural properties such as a crystal orientation, roughness and micro- structure were measured by XRD, AFM and SEM and the best condition of Bragg reflector was elicited with analyzing that results of the thin films about each conditions. Finally, FBAR device was fabricated with applying the Bragg reflector was formed on the best condition and measured the resonance properties and compared other research and considered it.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.6
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• pp.377-378
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• 2005

In this study, $SiO_2$ thin film was deposited on variable conditions of the RF power and working pressure by RF magnetron sputtering to apply to the Bragg reflector of the SMR type FBAR device. A crystal orientation and microstructure of $SiO_2$ thin film was studied by using the XRD, AFM and SEM. The best condition was obtained through analyzing the structural characteristics of thin film. Finally, FBAR device was fabricated with applying the best condition of $SiO_2$ thin film and the resonant characteristics was investigated by network analyzer to verify application possibility as a efficient device.

• 한국전자파학회지:전자파기술
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.15-19
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 RF magnetron sputtering으로 상온에서 증착된 ZnO압전박막을 이용하여, 1.96 GHz 대역의 air gap type의 FBAR BPF를 개발하였다. FBAR BPF는 Si wafer에 절연막으로 열 산화막층(SiO$_2$)을 형성한 후, 형성된 산화막 위에 바닥전극(Al), ZnO압전층 그리고 상부전극(Mo)를 차례로 RF magnetron sputter장비를 사용하여 증착시키고, Si wafer를 dry etching하여 air hole을 구현함으로써 device를 제조하였다. 제조된 FBAR BPF의 ZnO압전층의 XRD분석 결과 (002)면 방향으로 우선 배향되었으며, XRC의 $\sigma$값은 1.018이었다. 삽입손실 1 dB 내외로 우수한 특성을 나타내었다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권12호
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• pp.2217-2220
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a new wafer level package (WLP) for the RF MEMS applications. The Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FBAR) are fabricated and hermetically packaged in a new wafer level packaging process. With the use of Au-Sn eutectic bonding method, we bonded glass cap and FBAR device wafer which has groove-shaped via formed in the backside. The device wafer includes a electrical bonding pad and groove-shaped via for connecting to the external bonding pad on the device wafer backside and a peripheral pad placed around the perimeter of the device for bonding the glass wafer and device wafer. The glass cap prevents the device from being exposed and ensures excellent mechanical and environmental protection. The frequency characteristics show that the change of bandwidth and frequency shift before and after bonding is less than 0.5 MHz. Two packaged devices, Tx and Rx filters, are attached to a printed circuit board, wire bonded, and encapsulated in plastic to form the duplexer. We have designed and built a low-cost, high performance, duplexer based on the FBARs and presented the results of performance and reliability test.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제43권9호
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• pp.527-531
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• 2006

In order to study the influence of post-annealing treatment on the frequency characteristics of the Li doped ZnO(Li:ZnO) FBAR(Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator) device, we investigated the material and electrical properties of Li:ZnO films in the annealing temperature range from 300 to $500^{\circ}C$. In our samples, as annealing temperature was increased, Li:ZnO films showed the improvement of high c-axis orientation and resistance value with relieved stress and low surface roughness. In addition to, the return loss in the frequency property of fabricated FBAR was improved by annealing treatment from 24.9 to 29.8dB. From experimental results, the optimum post-annealing temperature for FBAR is $500^{\circ}C$ and it can obtain excellent Li:ZnO FBAR performance with stronger c-axis orientation, smoother surface, relieved stress, and lower loss factor.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.108-110
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• 2006

Film bulk acoustic resonators for radio frequency wireless applications are presented. Various simulations and modeling were carried out. The impedance of a five-layered FBAR showed almost the same trend of the wideband characteristics as that of an ideal FBAR, but the characteristics of the higher modes appear to be much more suppressed. In addition, the wideband impedance decreased with increasing device size. The resonance characteristics depend strongly on the physical dimensions.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.437-440
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• 2007

This paper presents the improvement of the resonance characteristics of film bulk acoustic-wave resonator (FBAR) devices fabricated on multilayer Bragg reflectors (BRs) based on inserting ultra-thin chromium (Cr) adhesion layers into BRs and post-annealing processes. The measurements show excellent improvement of return loss $(S_{11})$ and Q-factor by the combined use of Cr adhesion layers and thermal treatments particularly for 120 minutes at $200^{\circ}C$.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.915-920
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• 2007

AIN-based film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) devices which adopt a membrane-type configuration such as Mo/AIN/bottom-metal/Si are fabricated by employing a novel process. The proposed resonator structure does not require any supporting layer above the substrate, which leads to the reduction in energy loss of the resonators. For all the FBAR devices, the frequency response characteristics are measured and the device parameters, such as return loss and input impedance, are extracted from the frequency responses, and analyzed in terms of the various metals such as Al. Cu, Mo, W used in the bottom-electrode. The mass-loading effect caused by the used bottom-electrode metals is found to be the main reason for the difference revealed in the measured characteristics of the fabricated FBAH devices. The results obtained in this study also show that the degree of match in lattice constant and thermal expansion coefficient hetween piezoelectric layers and electrode metals is crucial to determine the device performance of FEAR.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.164-168
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• 2005

Piezoelectric ZnO thin films were for the first time formed on SiO$_2$/Si(100) substrate using 2-step deposition, atomic layer deposition(ALD) and RF magnetron sputtering deposition, for film bulk acoustic resonator(FBAR) applications. The ZnO buffer layer by ALD was deposited using alternating diethyl zinc(DEZn)/$H_2O$ exposures and ultrahigh purity argon gas for purging. The ZnO films by 2-step deposition revealed stronger c-axis-preferred orientation and smoother surface than those by the conventional RF sputtering method. The solidly mounted resonator(SMR)-typed FBAR fabricated by using 2-step deposition method revealed higher quality factor of 580 and lower return loss of -17.35dB. Therefore the 2-step deposition method in this study could be applied to the FBAR device fabrication.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.316-319
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• 2007

This paper presents some methods to improve the resonance characteristics of film bulk acoustic-wave resonator (FBAR) devices. The FBAR devices were fabricated on multilayer Bragg reflectors (BR) into which very thin chromium (Cr) adhesion layers were inserted, followed by several kinds of thermal annealing processes. These methods resulted in an excellent device improvement in terms of return loss and Q-factors.