Enhanced piezoelectric properties of aluminium doped zinc oxide thin film for surface acoustic wave resonators on a CMOS platform

Md Ralib, Aliza Aini and Mortada, Ossama and Orlianges, Jean Christophe and Crunteanu, Aurelian and Chatras, Matthieu and Nordin, Anis Nurashikin (2017) Enhanced piezoelectric properties of aluminium doped zinc oxide thin film for surface acoustic wave resonators on a CMOS platform. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28 (12). pp. 9132-9138. ISSN 0957-4522 E-ISSN 1573-482X

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Abstract

The increase in frequency spectrum for wireless communication system has led to the growing interest in thin film electroacoustic technology that scales favorably upon miniaturization. Non-ferroelectric piezoelectric thin films such as Zinc Oxide is one of the most promising material for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor-Microelectromechanical system (CMOS-MEMS) integration due to its silicon compatibility and good piezoelectric properties. This paper compares ZnO and Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin films performance characteristics when applied as CMOS-based surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators. The interdigitated electrodes were fabricated using 0.35 μm CMOS technology followed by piezoelectric thin film deposition and probe pad patterning. Pure ZnO and AZO with 2 wt% Al2O3 have been prepared by pulse laser deposition and RF magnetron sputtering respectively. Both deposited ZnO and AZO thin films exhibited preferential crystalline growth in 002 direction. EDS analysis confirmed the incorporation of aluminium in zinc oxide thin films. High frequency electrical measurement results revealed that the devices with AZO thin film have enhanced performances as compared to devices based on ZnO thin film. It is shown that the insertion loss for AZO thin film was reduced from −65.1 to −53.5 dB and the quality factor was enhanced from 11.33 to 25.81. More significantly, the electromechanical coupling coefficient and piezoelectric coefficient were enhanced from κ = 0.044–0.069% and d31 = 5.00 to 5.41 pm/V for AZO devices compared to those based on ZnO devices, respectively. One possible explanation of these enhanced piezoelectric properties comes from the almost ideal c-axis orientation of AZO thin film as compared to pure ZnO thin films. Our results suggest that the AZO thin film can be a better candidate for surface acoustic wave resonator using the CMOS-MEMS platform.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7658/57290
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Piezoelectric properties; Aluminium doped; Zinc oxide; thin film; Resonators; CMOS platform
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Depositing User:	Aliza Aini Md Ralib
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2017 11:09
Last Modified:	20 Apr 2018 16:48
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/57290

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