An unreleased mm-wave resonant body transistor
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Wang, Wentao; Popa, Laura Cornelia; Marathe, Radhika A.; Weinstein, Dana
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In this work, we present the first fully unreleased Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEM) resonator. The 1st harmonic longitudinal resonance of a silicon FinFET fully clad in SiO[subscript 2] is demonstrated. The device exhibits two resonances at 39 and 41 GHz, corresponding well with simulation results. The quality factor (Q) of 129 at 39 GHz is ~4× lower than that of its released counterpart. Methods to improve Q and reduce spurious modes are introduced. This first demonstration of unreleased resonators in a hybrid MEMS-CMOS technology can provide RF and microwave CMOS circuit designers with active high-Q devices monolithically integrated in Front-End-of-Line (FEOL) processing without the need for post-processing or special packaging.
Date issued
2011-03Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Proceedings of the IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2011
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Wang, Wentao et al. “An Unreleased Mm-wave Resonant Body Transistor.” IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2011. 1341–1344.
Version: Author's final manuscript
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978-1-4244-9634-1
978-1-4244-9632-7
ISSN
1084-6999