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Hauptverfasser: Cho, Sinwoo, Kim, Byeongjin, Matto, Lezli, Barrera, Omar, Simeoni, Pietro, Wang, Yinan, Liao, Michael, Hsu, Tzu-Hsuan, Kramer, Jack, Rinaldi, Matteo, Goorsky, Mark S., Lu, Ruochen
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Cho, Sinwoo
Kim, Byeongjin
Matto, Lezli
Barrera, Omar
Simeoni, Pietro
Wang, Yinan
Liao, Michael
Hsu, Tzu-Hsuan
Kramer, Jack
Rinaldi, Matteo
Goorsky, Mark S.
Lu, Ruochen
author_facet Cho, Sinwoo
Kim, Byeongjin
Matto, Lezli
Barrera, Omar
Simeoni, Pietro
Wang, Yinan
Liao, Michael
Hsu, Tzu-Hsuan
Kramer, Jack
Rinaldi, Matteo
Goorsky, Mark S.
Lu, Ruochen
contents This paper reports an 11.7 GHz compact 50 ohm ladder filter based on single layer Scandium Aluminum Nitride (ScAlN) film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) with platinum (Pt) electrodes, and uses it as a quantitative case study of the limits encountered when directly scaling to higher frequencies. The measured filter achieves a 3 dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 4.0% and an out of band rejection greater than 23.1 dB, with a minimum insertion loss (IL) of 6.8 dB. We analyze the origin of this performance through a quantitative framework: (1) a loss decomposition study, (2) frequency shift sensitivity that explains the discrepancy between simulated and measured center frequency, (3) FBW sensitivity to series shunt separation and port impedance, and (4) stress limited aperture that constrains device size. The results establish a realistic, fabricable baseline for directly scaled single layer ScAlN FBAR filters and outline materials, electrode, and stress management directions toward lower loss mmWave acoustic filters.
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spellingShingle An 11.7-GHz ScAlN FBAR Filter: Case Study on Scaling Limits and Challenges
Cho, Sinwoo
Kim, Byeongjin
Matto, Lezli
Barrera, Omar
Simeoni, Pietro
Wang, Yinan
Liao, Michael
Hsu, Tzu-Hsuan
Kramer, Jack
Rinaldi, Matteo
Goorsky, Mark S.
Lu, Ruochen
Applied Physics
This paper reports an 11.7 GHz compact 50 ohm ladder filter based on single layer Scandium Aluminum Nitride (ScAlN) film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) with platinum (Pt) electrodes, and uses it as a quantitative case study of the limits encountered when directly scaling to higher frequencies. The measured filter achieves a 3 dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 4.0% and an out of band rejection greater than 23.1 dB, with a minimum insertion loss (IL) of 6.8 dB. We analyze the origin of this performance through a quantitative framework: (1) a loss decomposition study, (2) frequency shift sensitivity that explains the discrepancy between simulated and measured center frequency, (3) FBW sensitivity to series shunt separation and port impedance, and (4) stress limited aperture that constrains device size. The results establish a realistic, fabricable baseline for directly scaled single layer ScAlN FBAR filters and outline materials, electrode, and stress management directions toward lower loss mmWave acoustic filters.
title An 11.7-GHz ScAlN FBAR Filter: Case Study on Scaling Limits and Challenges
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03679