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 …

X-cut lithium niobate laterally vibrating MEMS resonator with figure of merit of 1560

L Colombo, A Kochhar… - Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter reports on the design, fabrication, and testing of an X-cut lithium niobate laterally
vibrating resonator operating around 50 MHz and exhibiting a record figure of merit–FoM …

Resonant microelectromechanical receiver

A Kochhar, ME Galanko, M Soliman… - Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports a practical demonstration of a proposed resonant
microelectromechanical receiver for low power wake-up receiver (WuRx) applications. The …

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 …

Zero power, tunable resonant microphone with nanowatt classifier for wake-up sensing

V Pinrod, R Ying, C Ou, A Ruyack, B Davaji… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper shows a high sensitivity (12.6 V/Pa), tunable, and zero-power microphone for use
in a near zero power detection system. The microphone uses energy from incoming sound …

Comparison between different MEMS laterally vibrating resonator technologies for passive voltage amplification in an RF front-end system

L Colombo, A Kochhar, G Vidal-Álvarez… - 2018 IEEE MTT-S …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the challenges associated with attaining passive voltage gain by
means of piezoelectric MEMS Laterally Vibrating Resonators (LVRs) in an RF frontend …

Investigations on the quality factor of lithium niobate laterally vibrating resonators with figure of merit greater than 1,500

L Colombo, A Kochhar… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on quality factor investigations of high-performance 50 MHz X-cut Lithium
Niobate (LN) Laterally Vibrating Resonators (LVR). The effects of resonators' topology on …

X-cut lithium niobate series-parallel resonator configuration boosts passive voltage amplification for wake-up receivers to 46 V/V

L Colombo, A Kochhar… - 2019 IEEE 32nd …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work reports on the use of X-cut Lithium Niobate (LN) microelectromechanical
resonators in a series-parallel configuration (L-network) to boost passive voltage …

Delay line with different receiver-resonator channels as an all mechanical front-end of a discrete matched filter for wake-up radios

G Vidal-Alvarez, A Kochhar… - 2018 IEEE Micro Electro …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the conceptual approach, theoretical simulations, and experimental results of a
new radio frequency mechanical signal processor composed of a delay line with one …

Nonlinear resonant MEMS RF demodulator for a near-zero-power wake-up receiver

ME Galanko - 2018 - search.proquest.com
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonators play an important role in advancing the
capabilities of modern electronics. One important application space is in radio frequency …