Modeling for temperature compensation and temperature characterizations of BAW resonators at GHz frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 421-430

  Ivira, Brice ^a   Benech, Philippe ^a   Fillit, René ^b   Ndagijimana, Fabien ^a   Ancey, Pascal ^c   Parat, Guy ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; RESONATORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; SOLIDLY MOUNTED RESONATORS (SMR); STIFFNESS COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF FREQUENCY (TCF);

ACOUSTIC BULK WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 40549105460     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.660     Document Type: Article

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