Pspice Equivalent Circuit Model for Implementation of Surface Acoustic Wave Filter

The crystals of quartz,lithium,and piezoelectric ceramics have a piezoelectric effect as their major characteristic.The surface acoustic wave filter(SAWF) was designed by using this property.However,the experimental cost of the fabrication of SAWF is higher than that of mechanical filter or LC filter.Through the RLC(resistor,inductor and capacitor) network equivalent circuit and the interdigital transducer(IDT) equivalent circuit model,the electromotive force,the mechanical impedance of piezoelectric plate,and the wave number of Mason circuit model were researched.The equivalent circuit can be used to reduce product development costs and shorten the development cycle.Comparing simulation result by Pspice software with the theory of SAWF,the simulated waveform is similar to theory measurement,and the equivalent circuit model is verified.

Temperature Characteristics of Surface Acoustic Waves Propagating on La_3Ga_5SiO_4 Substrates

Langasite (LGS) is a novel piezoelectric crystal. The authors numerically analyses the temperature stability of surface acoustic waves (SAW) and the relation of SAW propagation with temperature on certain optimal cuts on LGS in this paper. The results show that LGS has better temperature stability than traditional piezo crystals. The results also demonstrate that the velocity of SAW decrease with temperature, the electro-mechanical coupling constant (k2) and temperature coefficient of frequency increases parabolically and the power flow angle increases linearly on certain optimal cuts of LGS. The calculation result compared with the experimental and show good agreement.

Surface Acoustic Wave Device with Reduced Insertion Loss by Electrospinning P(VDF–TrFE)/ZnO Nanocomposites

Surface acoustic wave(SAW) devices have been utilized for the sensing of chemical and biological phenomena in microscale for the past few decades. In this study, SAW device was fabricated by electrospinning poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene)(P(VDF-TrFE)) incorporated with zinc oxide(ZnO) nanoparticles over the delay line area of the SAW device. The morphology, composition, and crystallinity of P(VDF-TrFE)/ZnO nanocomposites were investigated. After measurement of SAW frequency response, it was found that the insertion loss of the SAW devices incorporated with ZnO nanoparticles was much less than that of the neat polymer-deposited device. The fabricated device was expected to be used in acoustic biosensors to detect and quantify the cell proliferation in cell culture systems.

Strain transfer mechanism of passive wireless surface acoustic wave torque sensors using shear lag theory

A shear-lag theory was developed to investigate the strain transfer from the metal substrate to the surface acoustic wave （SAW） resonator through a bonding layer. A three-layer model of host structure-adhesive layer-resonator layer was established. The strain transfer was theoretically analyzed, and the main factors impacting the SAW sensor measurement were studied. The relationship between the sensor response and the individual effect of all these factors under static loads was discussed. Results showed that better accuracy could be achieved with increase in the adhesive stiffness or resonator length, or decrease in the adhesive thickness. The values of the strain transfer rate calculated from the analytical model agreed well with that from the available experiment data.

Propagation Characteristics of Surface Acoustic Waves on LGT and Quartz Substrates

Langatate( LGT) is a novel piezoelectric crystal; its structure is similar to quartz. A numerical analysis of the most important propagation characteristics of surface acoustic waves( SAW) on LGT and quartz is presented in this paper. The results show that the phase velocity on LGT is slower than that on quartz.Similar to quartz,there are zero temperature cuts and pure module orientations on LGT. The electro-mechanical coupling constant( k2)of LGT is larger than that of quartz. The characteristics of SAW on LGT with different material constants are calculated and compared.The results show that there are somewhat deviations with different material constants. Especially, the temperature coefficient of frequency( TCF) shows a relatively high difference.

Application of PRO-ESPRIT algorithm in identification of surface acoustic wave identification-tags

The surface acoustic wave （SAW） identification （ID）-tags have great potential for application in radio frequency identification （RFID） due to their characteristics of wireless sensing and passive operation. In the measurements based on the frequency domain sampling （FDS）, to expand the range of detection and allow the system work in harsh environments, it is necessary to enhance the identification capability at low SNR. In addition, to identify the tags in real time, it is important to reduce identification time. Therefore, estimation of signal parameters based on the Procrustes rotations via the rotational invariance technique （PRO-ESPRIT） is adopted. Experimental results show that good identification capability is achieved with a relatively faster measurement speed.

基于软件无线电方案无线无源SAW温度阅读器设计

目前谐振型声表面波(SAW)阅读器射频电路大多采取分立器件设计,针对系统整体工作频段受限,硬件设计繁琐的问题,该文提出了一种软件无线电方案。软件无线电系统主体由ZYNQ和AD9361组成,射频收发端口添加LNA、PA进行信号功率放大,使用射频开关隔离收发。通过发射步进频率5 kHz、带宽1 MHz扫频信号,并对回波进行频谱分析求取最大值,最终得到谐振频率。针对SAW传感器回波持续时间较短而导致FFT计算分辨率的不足,使用重复采集增加数据长度,将阅读器的分辨率提高到468.75 Hz。实验结果表明,该阅读器能够正确探测传感器温度变化。

离子束刻蚀技术在SAW滤波器频率修整上的应用

随着声表面波(SAW)滤波器的应用向高频、窄带方向延伸,在制造过程中准确地控制其中心频率及一致性变得越来越困难,需要对SAW滤波器的频率进行微调。重点介绍了一种在SAW滤波器上可实现目标频率修整的离子束刻蚀修频工艺,通过实验发现刻蚀厚度不同对滤波器表面的影响程度不同,一次离子束刻蚀厚度为50 nm时,铝膜表面出现微结构变化。分析了对晶圆、器件进行离子刻蚀工艺引起热损伤的机理,表征了不同刻蚀厚度对SAW滤波器粘接芯片的剪切力和硅铝丝键合力的影响。根据实验现象及结果提出了分梯度多次刻蚀的优化方案,给出了不同刻蚀厚度的刻蚀精度,对实验结果进行拟合,得到中心频率与刻蚀厚度的关系方程,从频率、插入损耗和通带方面分析了离子束刻蚀工艺对SAW滤波器电学性能的影响。经离子束刻蚀修频后,滤波器中心频率提高2 MHz,中心频率标准差由0.4 MHz减少为0.15 MHz,中心频率的均一性由0.29%改善至0.11%,频率一致性变好。

UV light driven high-performance room temperature surface acoustic wave NH_(3) gas sensor using sulfur-doped g-C_(3)N_(4) quantum dots

Nanomaterials integrated surface acoustic wave(SAW)gas sensing technology has emerged as a promising candidate for realtime toxic gas sensing applications for environmental and human health safety.However,the development of novel chemical interface based on two-dimensional(2D)sensing materials for SAW sensors for the rapid and sensitive detection of NH_(3)gas at room temperature(RT)still remains challenging.Herein,we report a highly selective RT NH_(3)gas sensor based on sulfur-doped graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots(S@g-C_(3)N_(4)QD)coated langasite(LGS)SAW sensor with enhanced sensitivity and recovery rate under ultraviolet(UV)illumination.Fascinatingly,the sensitivity of the S@g-C_(3)N_(4)QD/LGS SAW sensor to NH_(3)(500 ppb)at RT is dramatically enhanced by~4.5-fold with a low detection limit(~85 ppb),high selectivity,excellent reproducibility,fast response/recovery time(70 s/79 s)under UV activation(365 nm)as compared to dark condition.Additionally,the proposed sensor exhibited augmented NH_(3)detection capability across the broad range of relative humidity(20%–80%).Such remarkable gas sensing performances of the as-prepared sensor to NH_(3)are attributed to the high surface area,enhanced functional groups,sulfur defects,UV photogenerated charge carriers,facile charge transfer in the S@g-C_(3)N_(4)QD sensing layer,which further helps to improve the gas molecules adsorption that causes the increase in conductivity,resulting in larger frequency responses.The gas sensing mechanism of S@g-C_(3)N_(4)QD/LGS SAW sensor is ascribed to the enhanced electroacoustic effect,which is supported by the correlation of resistive type and COMSOL Multiphysics simulation studies.We envisage that the present work paves a promising strategy to develop the next generation 2D g-C_(3)N_(4)based high responsive RT SAW gas sensors.

The Fabrication of 2.5 GHz SAW Filter Using ZnO/Diamond Structure

Great interest in surface acoustic wave device based on diamond is attracted because diamond has the highest surface acoustic wave velocity of all substrates.In this paper,400 nm ZnO film was deposited on polycrystalline diamond wafer by magnetron sputtering.The experimental results indicate that highly c-axis oriented and fine-grain polycrystalline ZnO films have been obtained.100 nm Al thin film was deposited on ZnO/diamond by electron evaporation.Standard interdigital-transducers with the electrodes of 1.0μm width were fabricated on the Al film using photolithography and reactive ion etching (RIE) processes.A 2.48 GHz longitudinally-coupled double-mode surface acoustic wave filter has been successfully fabricated using the Al/ZnO/diamond structure.

Walsh Threshold Matched-Filtering Based Anti-collision for Surface Acoustic Wave Tags

Surface acoustic wave(SAW) tags are truly passive devices and do not contain any intelligence,so the question of multiple read in the reading range comes up.The paper suggests a Walsh matched-filtering method in Walsh field to distinguish the collision tags with a threshold.In advance,the code states with special sequency are selected from large possible states and the sequency variables of these tags are saved in a database.When a few tags are read simultaneously in read range,the received signal is filtered by the known sequency of single tag in database,and then these tags can be distinguished by the filtered result.Proper threshold selection improves operation speed.Experiment proves that this method is useful and reliable.

基于SAWF的亚皮秒级时间间隔测量

高精度时间间隔测量在通信、雷达、卫星等领域都具有十分重要的意义,为进一步提高时间间隔的测量精度,研究了一种基于声表面波滤波器作为时间内插器的亚皮秒级时间间隔测量方法.该方法由脉冲信号激励声表面波滤波器产生窄带信号,经采样、插值重建后,通过互相关算法获取待测的时间间隔,首先通过仿真分析声表面波滤波器的中心频率、采样频率、信噪比等关键参数对测量精度的影响;然后优化系统参数,提供一种低成本、易实现的解决方案;最后开展实验验证.测试结果表明,采用中心频率为70 MHz的声表面波滤波器,采样频率只需200 MHz,时间间隔的测量精度就可优于1.00 ps(标准差).

TC-SAW滤波器仿真与设计技术

该文介绍了温度补偿滤波器的设计方法。通过研究温度补偿结构的材料,在性能和温度系数之间求取最佳的层间参数搭配。在此基础上提取三维耦合模式模型(COM)参数数据库,并置于设计仿真软件中,最终可以实现高温稳定型声表面波(TC-SAW)滤波器的设计优化。根据指标要求设计目标函数,设计出满足要求的低损耗TC-SAW滤波器。利用多层FEM/BEM软件对性能进行精确验证,实验结果与仿真结果吻合良好。

基于SAW的电缆接头内部测温天线研究

由于声表面波(SAW)测温技术因具有无源无线的特点而备受研究人员的广泛关注。该技术可应用在电缆接头内部的温度测量中,但因受电缆接头材料和结构的影响,使SAW测温信号传递受阻,严重影响了温度信号的检测。该文基于DWG-630A型电缆接头的结构和材料,设计了一款可用于电缆接头内部测温的天线。通过其理论分析、仿真及试验验证,证明该设计切实可行。结果表明,穿过电缆接头可传递SAW温度信号,并在工作频段内具有良好的增益和辐射效果。

SAW压力传感器声传播方向特性研究

针对高温恶劣环境下对压力参数的测量需求,结合目前氮化铝(AlN)和蓝宝石(sapphire)等耐高温材料,构建了一种叉指换能器(IDT)/AlN/Sapphire结构的声表面波(SAW)传感器模型,并采用有限元法(FEM)分析SAW在c轴取向AlN薄膜上分别沿a方向(〈11-20〉)和m方向(〈1-100〉)传播时的器件性能,包括AlN和IDT的厚度对声速和机电耦合系数的影响,以及不同方向传播时SAW压力传感器灵敏度的变化。实验结果表明:表面波沿a方向传播的传感器相比于m方向明显具有更高的声速与机电耦合系数,2个方向的传感器灵敏度分别为435.37×10^(-6)/MPa和426.29×10^(-6)/MPa,a方向灵敏度略大于m方向。此研究工作为之后的传感器设计制造提供了一定的参考价值。

Using coupling slabs to tailor surface-acoustic-wave band structures in phononic crystals consisting of pillars attached to elastic substrates

The propagation of surface acoustic waves(SAWs) in two-dimensional phononic crystals(PnCs) with and without coupling-enhancement slabs was theoretically investigated using a three-dimensional finite element method.Different piezoelectric substrates,for example,lithium niobate(LiNbO_3),gallium nitride(GaN),and aluminium nitride(A1N),were taken into account.Compared to the PnCs without coupling-enhancement slabs,the coupling between each pillar and its nearest neighbor was largely enhanced in the presence of slabs.The bandwidth of the first directional band gap increased markedly compared with its initial value for the PnCs without a slab(within square symmetry).In addition,with increasing thicknesses of the slabs bonded between neighboring pillars,the first directional band-gap and second directional band gap of the PnCs tend to merge.Therefore,the structure with coupling-enhancement slabs can be used as an excellent electrical band elimination filter for most electro-SAW devices,offering a new strategy to realize chip-scale applications in electroacoustic signal processing,optoacoustic modulation,and even SAW microfluidic devices.

Investigation of surface acoustic waves in laser shock peened metals

Laser shock peening is a well-known method for extending the fatigue life of metal components by introducing near-surface compressive residual stress. The surface acoustic waves （SAWs） are dispersive when the near-surface properties of materials are changed. So the near-surface properties （such as the thickness of hardened layers, elastic properties, residual stresses, etc.） can be analyzed by the phase velocity dispersion. To study the propagation of SAWs in metal samples after peening, a more reasonable experimental method of broadband excitation and reception is introduced. The ultrasonic signals are excited by laser and received by polyvinylindene fluoride （PVDF） transducer. The SAW signals in aluminum alloy materials with different impact times by laser shock peening are detected. Signal spectrum and phase velocity dispersion curves of SAWs are analyzed. Moreover, reasons for dispersion are discussed.

Design and fabrication of an surface acoustic wave resonator based on AlN/4H-SiC material for harsh environments

目的:在高温等恶劣工作环境下,燃气轮机有着迫切的温度等工况参数的实时监测需求。声表面波(SAW)技术与微机电系统(MEMS)技术的结合可提供一种很有发展前景的解决方案。本文旨在探讨SAW谐振器的设计与仿真方法,研究高质量c轴择优取向的AlN压电薄膜制备工艺及与MEMS工艺兼容的SAW谐振器制作工艺,并测试其电学性能以验证SAW谐振器设计与制作的正确性与可行性。创新点:1.首次在耐高温材料AlN/4H-SiC上设计、仿真及制作SAW谐振器并测试电学性能;2.在4HSiC上得到了高质量c轴择优取向的Al N压电薄膜并开发了一套与MEMS工艺兼容的SAW谐振器制作工艺。方法:1.通过对SAW谐振器所有结构参数的设计与仿真,得到谐振器的谐振频率与反谐振频率等(图2和3);2.利用磁控溅射方法在4H-SiC衬底上溅射高质量c轴择优取向的AlN压电薄膜,再利用光刻、湿法腐蚀等MEMS工艺制作SAW谐振器(图4);3.通过扫描电镜和X射线衍射等手段,检测AlN压电薄膜质量(图5和6)及器件制作结果(图7);4.利用网络分析仪测试SAW谐振器电学性能并与仿真结果相比较,验证SAW谐振器设计仿真方法和MEMS制作工艺的可行性和有效性(图8)。结论:1.基于耐高温材料AlN/4H-SiC,成功设计并制作出SAW谐振器(尺寸:1107μm×721μm);2.在4H-SiC上得到了高质量c轴择优取向的AlN压电薄膜,衍射峰为36.10°,摇摆曲线半高宽仅1.19°;3.SAW谐振器电学性能测试结果与仿真结果一致,证明其设计仿真方法正确有效、MEMS制作工艺可行。

Tunable patterning of microscale particles using a surface acoustic wave device with slanted-finger interdigital transducers

Polymer-based materials with patterned functional particles have been used to develop smart devices with multiple functionalities.This paper presents a novel method to pattern microscale particles into biocompatible polyethylene glycol diacrylate(PEGDA)fluid through a designed surface acoustic wave(SAW)device with slanted-finger interdigital transducers(SFITs).By applying signals of different frequencies,the SFITs can excite SAWs with various wavelengths to pattern the microscale particles.The structural design and working principle of the SAW device with SFITs are firstly presented.To investigate the generation of standing SAWs and pressure field distributions of the SAW device with SFITs,a numerical model was developed.Simulation results showed that different strip-shape patterned pressure fields can be generated,and the period and width of adjacent strips can be adjusted by changing the frequencies of the excitation signals.Experiments were performed to verify that the microscale particles in the PEGDA solution can be successfully patterned into strip-shape patterns with various positions,periods,and widths.The results obtained in this study demonstrate that the developed method of using an SAW device with SFITs can be used for tunable patterning of microscale particles in solutions,and shows great potential for biomedical and microfluidic applications.

剥离工艺制作SAW滤波器IDT的研究

研究了用于声表面波滤波器的微米尺度的叉指换能器的制作工艺。利用剥离工艺,分别采用铝和铬金两种金属制作了叉指换能器的电极,分析了剥离工艺制作叉指电极时的工艺特性。对加工样品的测量分析结果表明,利用剥离工艺制备的叉指换能器电极线条光滑、陡直、清晰,但是成品率较低。对比分析了采用铝和铬金制作的叉指换能器样品结构,结果表明两种金属材料在剥离液中的腐蚀时间不同,铝材料需要较长的剥离时间;两种材料制作的电极图形质量也有差异,铝材料制作的电极更为陡直、精细。