Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame
This paper examines a new technique to improve the figure of merit of laterally vibrating RF-MEMS resonators through an energy-preserving suspended addendum frame structure using finite element analysis. The proposed suspended addendum frame on the sides of the resonant plate helps as a mechanical v...
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author | Workie, Temesgen Bailie Wu, Zhaohui Tang, Panliang Bao, Jingfu Hashimoto, Ken-ya |
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description | This paper examines a new technique to improve the figure of merit of laterally vibrating RF-MEMS resonators through an energy-preserving suspended addendum frame structure using finite element analysis. The proposed suspended addendum frame on the sides of the resonant plate helps as a mechanical vibration isolator from the supporting substrate. This enables the resonator to have a low acoustic energy loss, resulting in a higher quality factor. The simulated attenuation characteristics of the suspended addendum frame are up to an order of magnitude larger than those achieved with the conventional structure. Even though the deployed technique does not have a significant impact on increasing the effective electromechanical coupling coefficient, due to a gigantic improvement in the unloaded quality factor, from 4106 to 51,136, the resonator with the suspended frame achieved an 11-folds improvement in the figure of merit compared to that of the conventional resonator. Moreover, the insertion loss was improved from 5 dB down to a value as low as 0.7 dB. Furthermore, a method of suppressing spurious mode is demonstrated to remove the one incurred by the reflected waves due to the proposed energy-preserving structure. |
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spelling | pubmed-87810582022-01-22 Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame Workie, Temesgen Bailie Wu, Zhaohui Tang, Panliang Bao, Jingfu Hashimoto, Ken-ya Micromachines (Basel) Article This paper examines a new technique to improve the figure of merit of laterally vibrating RF-MEMS resonators through an energy-preserving suspended addendum frame structure using finite element analysis. The proposed suspended addendum frame on the sides of the resonant plate helps as a mechanical vibration isolator from the supporting substrate. This enables the resonator to have a low acoustic energy loss, resulting in a higher quality factor. The simulated attenuation characteristics of the suspended addendum frame are up to an order of magnitude larger than those achieved with the conventional structure. Even though the deployed technique does not have a significant impact on increasing the effective electromechanical coupling coefficient, due to a gigantic improvement in the unloaded quality factor, from 4106 to 51,136, the resonator with the suspended frame achieved an 11-folds improvement in the figure of merit compared to that of the conventional resonator. Moreover, the insertion loss was improved from 5 dB down to a value as low as 0.7 dB. Furthermore, a method of suppressing spurious mode is demonstrated to remove the one incurred by the reflected waves due to the proposed energy-preserving structure. MDPI 2022-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8781058/ /pubmed/35056270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13010105 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Workie, Temesgen Bailie Wu, Zhaohui Tang, Panliang Bao, Jingfu Hashimoto, Ken-ya Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame |
title | Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame |
title_full | Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame |
title_fullStr | Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame |
title_full_unstemmed | Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame |
title_short | Figure of Merit Enhancement of Laterally Vibrating RF-MEMS Resonators via Energy-Preserving Addendum Frame |
title_sort | figure of merit enhancement of laterally vibrating rf-mems resonators via energy-preserving addendum frame |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8781058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35056270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13010105 |
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