title: Positioning FBAR technology in the frequency and timing domain.
abstract: This paper focuses on the technical differentiation of film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology from other mechanical resonator technologies for timing applications. The paper will touch on a recent modification of FBARs, the zero-drift resonator (ZDR), that is temperature compensated. One technology differentiator is the size of the chip-scale packaged resonator. Another is that the silicon lid is perfectly suitable for placement of integrated circuits and this is currently being done. Many factors (wide tuning range, high Q, high frequency, small size, integrated circuitry) are being used to differentiate potential products for the time and frequency markets.
authors.affiliation: Wireless Semiconductor Division, AvagoTechnologies, San Jose, CA, USA. rich.ruby@avagotech.com
authors.forename: Rich
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruby
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Callaghan
authors.forename: Reed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ortiz