TY - GEN
T1 - Phase velocity control of surface acoustic waves based on surface shorting and electrical field application using MEMS switches
AU - Kuypers, Jan H.
AU - Schmidt, Marek E.
AU - Tanaka, Shuji
AU - Esashi, Masayoshi
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - We have investigated controlling the phase velocity of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) by a microelectromechanical switch fabricated on a high coupling piezoelectric substrate. The principle is based on the interaction of the evanescent surface potential of the SAW with the conductive switch. In theory tuning of the velocity in the range given by ν0 and νm, i.e. the velocity for a SAW on a free and metallized substrate, is possible. We have achieved up to 17.6 m/s (0.44 %) velocity tuning on 128°YX LiNbO3. A maximum velocity sensitivity of Δν/ν of 15×10-3/V and phase sensitivity of 700°/V was measured. This is five orders of magnitude larger than values obtained for electrical field tuning.
AB - We have investigated controlling the phase velocity of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) by a microelectromechanical switch fabricated on a high coupling piezoelectric substrate. The principle is based on the interaction of the evanescent surface potential of the SAW with the conductive switch. In theory tuning of the velocity in the range given by ν0 and νm, i.e. the velocity for a SAW on a free and metallized substrate, is possible. We have achieved up to 17.6 m/s (0.44 %) velocity tuning on 128°YX LiNbO3. A maximum velocity sensitivity of Δν/ν of 15×10-3/V and phase sensitivity of 700°/V was measured. This is five orders of magnitude larger than values obtained for electrical field tuning.
KW - Electrical field tuning
KW - Surface acoustic waves
KW - Surface shorting effect
KW - Tunable SAW device
KW - Velocity tuning
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U2 - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.310
DO - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.310
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48149114266
SN - 1424413834
SN - 9781424413836
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium
SP - 1233
EP - 1238
BT - 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings, IUS
T2 - 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
Y2 - 28 October 2007 through 31 October 2007
ER -