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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/JEET.2018.13.6.2434

Development of High Frequency pMUT Based on Sputtered PZT  

Lim, Un-Hyun (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University)
Yoo, Jin-Hee (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University)
Kondalkar, Vijay (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University)
Lee, Keekeun (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University)
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Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology / v.13, no.6, 2018 , pp. 2434-2440 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new type of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) with high resonant frequency was developed by using a thin lead zirconate titanate (PZT) as an insulation layer on a floating $10{\mu}m$ silicon membrane. The PZT insulation layer facilitated acoustic impedance matching at active pMUT, leading to a high performance in the acoustic conversion property compared with the transducer using $SiO_2$ insulation layer. The fabricated ultrasonic devices were wirelessly measured by connecting two identical acoustic transducers to two separate ports in a single network analyzer simultaneously. The acoustic wave emitted from a transducer induced a $3.16{\mu}W$ on the other side of the transducer at a distance of 2 cm. The transducer performances in terms of device diameters, PZT thickness, annealings, and different DC polings, etc. were investigated. COMSOL simulation was also performed to predict the device performances prior to fabrication. Based on the COMSOL simulation, the device was fabricated and the results were compared.
Keywords
Ultrasonic transducer; pMUT; PZT; High resonant frequency; COMSOL;
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