학술논문

23.8-GHz Acoustic Filter in Periodically Poled Piezoelectric Film Lithium Niobate With 1.52-dB IL and 19.4% FBW
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters IEEE Microw. Wireless Tech. Lett. Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, IEEE. 34(4):391-394 Apr, 2024
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Resonator filters
Microwave filters
Resonators
Millimeter wave communication
Acoustics
Optical filters
Matched filters
Acoustic filters
lithium niobate
millimeter-wave (mmWave)
periodically poled piezoelectric film (P3F)
piezoelectric devices
thin-film devices
Language
ISSN
2771-957X
2771-9588
Abstract
This letter reports the first piezoelectric acoustic filter in periodically poled piezoelectric film (P3F) lithium niobate (LiNbO3) at 23.8 GHz with low insertion loss (IL) of 1.52- and 3-dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 19.4%. The filter features a compact footprint of 0.64 mm2. The third-order ladder filter is implemented with electrically coupled resonators in 150 nm bi-layer P3F 128° rotated $Y$ -cut LiNbO3 thin film, operating in second-order symmetric (S2) Lamb mode. The record-breaking performance is enabled by the P3F LiNbO3 platform, where piezoelectric thin films of alternating orientations are transferred subsequently, facilitating efficient higher-order Lamb mode operation with simultaneously high-quality factor ( $Q$ ) and coupling coefficient ( $k^{2}$ ) at millimeter-wave (mmWave). Also, the multilayer P3F stack promises smaller footprints and better nonlinearity than single-layer counterparts, thanks to the higher capacitance density and lower thermal resistance. Upon further development, the reported P3F LiNbO3 platform is promising for compact filters at mmWave.