High-figure-of-merit X-cut lithium niobate MEMS resonators operating around 50 MHz for large passive voltage amplification in radio frequency applications

L Colombo, A Kochhar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article reports on the modeling, design, fabrication, and testing of high-performance X-
cut lithium niobate (LN) laterally vibrating resonators (LVRs) operating around 50 MHz. The …

S-Band Micromechanical Resonant Impedance Transformers Based on Aluminum Nitride FBARs

YM Huang, CY Chang, TH Hsu, Y Ho… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents an intensive study of passive voltage amplification offered by one-port
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) piezoelectric resonators used as matching …

1-port piezoelectric resonators with> 100 V/V gain

MEG Klemash, SS Bedair, DA Diamond… - Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 1-port thickness-shear (TS) mode quartz resonator with very high
voltage gain, suitable for use in “near-zero-power” radios. These devices offer voltage …

Matching network-boosted 36% scaln pmut linear array

G Giribaldi, BH Soukup, P Simeoni… - 2022 IEEE 35th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we present a technique to increase the performance of piezoelectric
micromachined ultrasound transducer (pMUT) arrays by integrating a MEMS-based …

Hybridly integrated MEMS-IC RF front-end for IoT with embedded filtering and passive voltage amplification

G Michetti, G Giribaldi, M Pirro, A Mittal… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enabling Internet of Things (IoT) in harsh environments relies on improving battery life,
which can be achieved using Wake-Up Receivers (WuRX) with high quality factor (Q) RF …

A 100 nm thick, 32 kHz X-cut lithium niobate piezoelectric nanoscale ultrasound transducer for airborne ultrasound communication

P Simeoni, Z Schaffer, G Piazza - Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter we present the first demonstration of an ultra-thin (100 nm) lithium niobate (LN)
flexural resonator for airborne ultrasound transduction. Due to the aggressively scaled …

A Micro-Acoustic Enhanced Low-Impedance Antenna System for IoT Wake-Up Receivers

G Michetti, L Colombo, G Giribaldi… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we propose a passive radio frequency (RF) front-end tailored for wake-up
receivers (WuRx) to be deployed in cellular Internet of Things (IoT) devices and wearables …

Impact of frequency mismatch on the quality factor of large arrays of X-cut lithium niobate MEMS resonators

L Colombo, A Kochhar… - Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the impact of resonant frequency (fs) mismatch on the quality factor
(Q as) of large arrays of X-cut Lithium Niobate (LN) Laterally Vibrating Resonators (LVRs) …

Voltage amplification of radio frequency signals with pitch-asymmetric acoustic delay lines

G Vidal-Álvarez, M Figura, A Kochhar… - Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the conceptual approach, theoretical simulations, and experimental results of a
novel device based on acoustic delay lines with different pitch between transmitter and …

High Performance Lithium Niobate Resonators for Passive Voltage Amplification in Radio Frequency Applications

L Colombo - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) applications are fostering the development of near-zero
power consumption and event-driven Radio Frequency (RF) sensors that can outperform …