| 研究生: |
戴國圓 Tay, Kok-Wan |
|---|---|
| 論文名稱: |
薄膜塊體聲波諧振器的分析與設計 The Analysis and Design of Film Bulk Acoustic-Wave Resonators |
| 指導教授: |
吳朗
Wu, Long 黃正亮 Huang, Cheng-Liang |
| 學位類別: |
博士 Doctor |
| 系所名稱: |
電機資訊學院 - 電機工程學系 Department of Electrical Engineering |
| 論文出版年: | 2005 |
| 畢業學年度: | 93 |
| 語文別: | 英文 |
| 論文頁數: | 169 |
| 中文關鍵詞: | 諧振器 、薄膜 |
| 外文關鍵詞: | Thin film, Resonator |
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本論文主要針對薄膜塊體聲波諧振器(FBAR)應用於無線高頻領域。FBAR是由較薄的上下電極,中間再夾一層氮化鋁薄膜壓電層所組成的三明治結構,坐落在低應力氮化矽振動板上的矽基板。選用反應性射頻磁控濺鍍系統來濺鍍氮化鋁薄膜,並分析氮化鋁薄膜的高c軸優選取向對鉬電極上的最佳濺鍍參數。
利用Mason等值電路及傳輸線的基本原理來模擬各種不同壓電薄膜及電極材料對FBAR的特性影響。且得知材料特性及壓電薄膜厚度是最主要影響FBAR元件的特性,如共振頻率、有效機電耦合因數及品質因數等都與實際研製的FBAR元件相接近。
氮化鋁薄膜對濺鍍在不同電極材料時,有幾個關鍵參數的調配會影響壓電薄膜的品質與特性,必須先確認,如濺鍍功率、濺鍍壓力、基板溫度及Ar/N2氣體流量比等,以求得最佳成長薄膜條件。實驗得知,對Al下電極而言,則夾有一層雜散排列的過渡層在Al下電極與AlN區域之間而嚴重影響聲波路徑。對雙電極的Pt/Ti和Au/Cr雖然沒有過渡層,但因其質量密度高及低塊體聲波波速造成其共振頻率明顯降低。此外,鉬電極的製程簡單只須一道光阻再沉積鉬電極即可。
FBAR元件的特性不僅受到AlN薄膜厚度及品質的直接影響,同樣也受到不同上電極的材料及厚度的作用。結果發現當各層薄膜厚度減少時,則諧振頻率會隨之上升。所以適當的在製程上控制薄膜厚度或上電極厚度即可獲得所要的特定頻率。較厚的AlN薄膜及較高的濺鍍功率也會獲得較高c軸優選取向,並趨向較狹窄的搖晃曲線半高寬值。但是,卻增加晶粒大小及表面粗糙度,而使有效機電耦合因數降低,但促使FBAR元件的並聯共振品質因數增加。選用不同的上電極材料及厚度對FBAR元件的有效機電耦合因數及品質因數響應也會加以探討。
This thesis focuses on the design of film bulk acoustic-wave resonator (FBAR) comprising an aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric thin film sandwiched between two metal electrodes, and located on a silicon substrate with a low-stress silicon nitride (Si3N4) support membrane for high frequency wireless applications, and analysis the optimization of the thin AlN film deposition parameters on Mo electrodes using reactive RF magnetron sputter system.
The theoretical foundation of Mason equivalent circuit and basic transmission line theory was used to simulate the influence of different piezoelectric films and electrode materials on the characteristics of FBARs are described. The results confirm that the materials properties and thickness of the piezoelectric film play a significant role in determining the performance of the FBAR, such as the resonant frequency, the effective electromechanical coupling coefficient ( ) and quality factors have closely been matched by fabricated FBAR data.
Several critical parameters of the sputtering process such as RF power, deposition pressure, substrate temperature and Ar/N2 flow rate ratio were studied to clarify their effects on the different electrodes characteristic of the AlN films. The experiment indicated that the process for Mo electrode is easier compared with the Pt/Ti or Au/Cr bi-layer electrode as it entails only one photo resist and metal deposition step. Besides, Pt/Ti or Au/Cr electrodes reduced the resonance frequency due to it high mass density and low bulk acoustic velocity. Compared with the case of an Al bottom electrode, there is no evident amorphous layer between Mo bottom electrode and the deposited AlN film.
The characteristics of the FBAR devices depend not only upon the thickness and quality of the AlN film, but also upon the thickness of the top electrode and the materials used. The results indicate that decreasing the thickness of either the AlN film or the top electrode increases the resonance frequency. This suggests the potential of tuning the performance of the FBAR device by the carefully controlling AlN film thickness. Besides, increasing either the thickness of the AlN film or higher RF power have improves a stronger c-axis orientation and tend to promote a narrower rocking curve full-width at half-maximum (FWHM), but increased both the grain size and the surface roughness, hence reduces the value of but increases the parallel resonant quality factor ( ) of the FBAR device. The effect of different top electrodes material and varying thickness on the performance of and quality factor of the fabricated FBAR devices are also discussed.
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