PREPARATION OF ALUMINUM NITRIDE THIN-FILMS BY REACTIVE SPUTTERING AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO GHZ-BAND SURFACE-ACOUSTIC-WAVE DEVICES

被引:119
作者
OKANO, H
TANAKA, N
TAKAHASHI, Y
TANAKA, T
SHIBATA, K
NAKANO, S
机构
[1] Functional Materials Research Center, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., 1-18-13, Hashiridani, Hirakata, Osaka
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.111553
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Single crystal aluminum nitride (ALN) thin films were prepared by a low-temperature reactive sputtering on basal plane sapphire [(001)Al2O3] at a substrate temperature of less than 315 degrees C. Surface acoustic wave (SAW) characteristics with an interdigital transducer /(001)AlN/(001)Al2O3 structure were investigated. The phase velocity and temperature coefficient of delay time are 5750-5765 m/s and 55-63 ppm/degrees C at KH=1.2-1.6, respectively. Resonator-type 1-GHz-band SAW filters with its structure were fabricated. The insertion loss and suppression were 23 dB and more than 20 dB, respectively.
引用
收藏
页码:166 / 168
页数:3
相关论文
共 13 条
[1]   REFLECTION HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION AND X-RAY STUDIES OF A1N FILMS GROWN ON SI(111) AND SI(001) BY ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITION [J].
CHUBACHI, Y ;
SATO, K ;
KOJIMA, K .
THIN SOLID FILMS, 1984, 122 (03) :259-270
[2]   PLASMA CVD OF AMORPHOUS AIN FROM METALORGANIC AL SOURCE AND PROPERTIES OF THE DEPOSITED FILMS [J].
HASEGAWA, F ;
TAKAHASHI, T ;
KUBO, K ;
NANNICHI, Y .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1987, 26 (09) :1555-1560
[3]  
KAGIWADA RS, 1978, IEEE ULTR S P, P598
[4]   THERMODYNAMIC AND EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF HIGH-PURITY ALUMINUM NITRIDE FORMATION FROM ALUMINUM-CHLORIDE BY CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITION [J].
NICKEL, KG ;
RIEDEL, R ;
PETZOW, G .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 1989, 72 (10) :1804-1810
[5]   ORIENTATION CONTROL OF ALN FILM BY ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON RESONANCE ION-BEAM SPUTTERING [J].
OKANO, H ;
TANAKA, T ;
SHIBATA, K ;
NAKANO, S .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1992, 31 (9B) :3017-3020
[6]  
OKANO H, 1992, JPN J APPL PHYS, V31, P3346
[7]  
PEARCE L, 1981, IEEE ULTRASON S P, P381
[8]   LOW-TEMPERATURE GROWTH OF PIEZOELECTRIC AIN FILM BY RF REACTIVE PLANAR MAGNETRON SPUTTERING [J].
SHIOSAKI, T ;
YAMAMOTO, T ;
ODA, T ;
KAWABATA, A .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1980, 36 (08) :643-645
[9]   RF-SPUTTERED ALUMINUM NITRIDE FILMS ON SAPPHIRE [J].
SHUSKUS, AJ ;
REEDER, TM ;
PARADIS, EL .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1974, 24 (04) :155-156
[10]  
THORPE JC, 1979, IEEE ULTRASON S P, P882