title: Self-heating study of bulk acoustic wave resonators under high RF power.
abstract: The present work first provides an experimental technique to study self-heating of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators under high RF power in the gigahertz range. This study is specially focused on film bulk acoustic wave resonators and solidly mounted resonators processed onto silicon wafers and designed for wireless systems. Precisely, the reflection coefficient of a one-port device is measured while up to several watts are applied and power leads to electrical drifts of impedances. In the following, we describe how absorbed power can be determined from the incident one in real time. Therefore, an infrared camera held over the radio frequency micro electromechanical system (RF-MEMS) surface with an exceptional spatial resolution reaching up to 2 microm/pixels gives accurate temperature mapping of resonators after emissivity correction. From theoretical point of view, accurate three-dimensional (3-D) structures for finite-element modeling analyses are carried out to know the best materials and architectures to use for enhancing power handling. In both experimental and theoretical investigations, comparison is made between film bulk acoustic wave resonators and solidly mounted resonators. Thus, the trend in term of material, architecture, and size of device for power application such as in transmission path of a transceiver is clearly identified.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics, Electromagnetism and Photonics, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, France. brice.ivira@laposte.net
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ivira
authors.forename: René-Yves
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Fillit
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ndagijimana
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benech
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parat
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ancey
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011846:Radio Waves; D011874:Radiometry; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*