Monolithically integrated CMOS-SMR oscillator in 65 nm CMOS using custom MPW die-level fabrication process

HM Edrees, AR Colón-Berrios… - Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acoustic resonators, such as thin-film solidly mounted resonators (SMRs) and silicon
microelectromechanical systems have been used widely in commercial and research RF …

Monolithically integrated MEMS resonators and oscillators in standard ic technology

BWA Bahr - 2016 - dspace.mit.edu
Frequency sources and high quality filters based on mechanical resonators are essential
building blocks for communication systems as well as analog and digital electronics. Driven …

ZnO on nickel RF micromechanical resonators for monolithic wireless communication applications

M Wei, A Avila, I Rivera, M Baghelani… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
On-chip integrability of high-Q RF passives alongside CMOS transistors is crucial for the
implementation of monolithic radio transceivers. One of the most significant bottlenecks in …

Cmos-integrated rf mems resonators

MK Zalalutdinov, JD Cross, JW Baldwin… - Journal of …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a design approach that enables monolithic integration of high-quality-factor (Q)
radio-frequency (RF) microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonators with CMOS …

A vertically coupled MEMS resonator pair for oscillator applications

MH Li, CY Chen, WC Chen, SS Li - Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents the design of a micromechanical oscillator based on a vertically coupled
(VC) CMOS-microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator pair for phase noise …

Integrated CMOS-MEMS with on-chip readout electronics for high-frequency applications

J Verd, A Uranga, J Teva, JL Lopez… - IEEE Electron …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A bridge-shaped first-lateral-mode 60-MHz mechanical resonator, which is monolithically
integrated with capacitive CMOS readout electronics, is presented. The resonator is …

Advances of CMOS-MEMS technology for resonator applications

SS Li - The 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on recent progress on high-Q integrated micromechanical resonators
using “CMOS-MEMS technology” to enable monolithic integration of MEMS and CMOS …

A generalized CMOS-MEMS platform for micromechanical resonators monolithically integrated with circuits

WC Chen, W Fang, SS Li - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A generalized foundry-oriented CMOS-MEMS platform well suited for integrated
micromechanical resonators alongside IC amplifiers has been developed for commercial …

Si-based unreleased hybrid MEMS-CMOS resonators in 32nm technology

R Marathe, W Wang, D Weinstein - 2012 IEEE 25th …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents the first unreleased Silicon resonators fabricated at the transistor level of
a standard CMOS process, and realized without any release steps or packaging. These …

High- Integrated CMOS-MEMS Resonators With Deep-Submicrometer Gaps and Quasi-Linear Frequency Tuning

WC Chen, W Fang, SS Li - Journal of microelectromechanical …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrated CMOS-MEMS free-free beam resonators using pull-in mechanism to enable deep-
submicrometer electrode-to-resonator gap spacing without interference in their mechanical …