Intrinsic temperature compensation of aluminum nitride Lamb wave resonators for multiple-frequency references

2008 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, FCS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 240-249

  Kuypers, Jan H ^a   Lin, Chih Ming ^a   Vigevani, Gabriele ^a   Pisano, Albert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum nitride; Frequency reference; Lamb waves; Temperature compensation; Zero TCP

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; LAMB WAVES; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; ZERO TCP;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT METALS; NITRIDES; RESONATORS; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 55649122550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FREQ.2008.4622998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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