Piezoelectric MEMS—Evolution from sensing technology to diversified applications in the 5G/Internet of Things (IoT) era

X Le, Q Shi, P Vachon, EJ Ng… - Journal of Micromechanics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The rapid development of the fifth-generation mobile networks (5G) and Internet of Things
(IoT) is inseparable from a large number of miniature, low-cost, and low-power sensors and …

Piezoelectric aluminum nitride thin films for microelectromechanical systems

G Piazza, V Felmetsger, P Muralt, RH Olsson III… - MRS bulletin, 2012 - cambridge.org
This article reports on the state-of-the-art of the development of aluminum nitride (AlN) thin-
film microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with particular emphasis on acoustic devices …

A review of the recent applications of aluminum nitride-based piezoelectric devices

ST Haider, MA Shah, DG Lee, S Hur - Ieee Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Piezoelectric materials have attracted considerable attention over the last two decades
because many technologies utilize their core properties of piezoelectric materials. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Research status and development trend of MEMS switches: A review

T Cao, T Hu, Y Zhao - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
MEMS switch is a movable device manufactured by means of semiconductor technology,
possessing many incomparable advantages such as a small volume, low power …

Piezoelectric aluminum nitride nanoelectromechanical actuators

N Sinha, GE Wabiszewski, R Mahameed… - Applied Physics …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
This letter reports the implementation of ultrathin (100 nm) aluminum nitride (AlN)
piezoelectric layers for the fabrication of vertically deflecting nanoactuators. The films exhibit …

Mechanical computing redux: Relays for integrated circuit applications

V Pott, H Kam, R Nathanael, J Jeon… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power density has grown to be the dominant challenge for continued complementary metal–
oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology scaling. Together with recent improvements in …

Reconfigurable radios: A possible solution to reduce entry costs in wireless phones

M Rais-Zadeh, JT Fox, DD Wentzloff… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With advances in telecommunications, an increasing number of services rely on high data
rate spectrum access. These critical services include banking, telemedicine, and exchange …

Very high frequency channel-select MEMS filters based on self-coupled piezoelectric AlN contour-mode resonators

C Zuo, N Sinha, G Piazza - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reports experimental results on single-chip multi-frequency channel-select filters
based on self-coupled piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN) contour-mode …

Aluminum nitride on titanium for CMOS compatible piezoelectric transducers

JC Doll, BC Petzold, B Ninan… - Journal of …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Piezoelectric materials are widely used for microscale sensors and actuators but can pose
material compatibility challenges. This paper reports a post-CMOS compatible fabrication …

Body-biased complementary logic implemented using AlN piezoelectric MEMS switches

N Sinha, TS Jones, Z Guo… - Journal of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the implementation of low-voltage complementary mechanical logic
achieved by using body-biased aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric microelectro …