Synthesis and bulk acoustic wave properties on the dual mode frequency shift of solidly mounted resonators

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 857-864

  Chung, Chung Jen ^a   Chen, Ying Chung ^a   Cheng, Chien Chuan ^b   Kao, Kuo Sheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONATORS;

DUAL MODE FREQUENCY SHIFT; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; SHEAR RESONANCE; TILTED ANGLES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 43349089142     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.720     Document Type: Article

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