SOLID REFLECTION-TYPE BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF
20220321078 · 2022-10-06
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H03H9/02015
ELECTRICITY
H03H2003/023
ELECTRICITY
H03H2003/025
ELECTRICITY
H03H3/02
ELECTRICITY
International classification
Abstract
The present invention provides a preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, including the following steps: taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the piezoelectric material and/or above the substrate, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the piezoelectric material; heating the bonded intermediate product gained to strip the film from the piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the piezoelectric material. According to the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator disclosed in the present invention, resonators with high strength and good performance can be prepared by using wafer bonding and lay transfer technique for preparing high-quality piezoelectric films and combining the solid reflecting layer structure.
Claims
1. A preparation method of preparing a solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, said method comprising the following steps: (a)(i) providing a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing a reflecting layer below an implantation face of the piezoelectric material, providing a substrate, and bonding the substrate to a side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; or (ii) providing a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, providing a substrate, growing reflecting layers above the substrate, and bonding the piezoelectric material to a side of the substrate with the reflecting layer; or Iiii) providing a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing a reflecting layer below an implantation face of the piezoelectric material, providing a substrate, growing a reflecting layer above the substrate, and bonding a side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer to a side of the substrate with the reflecting layer; and (b) heating a bonded intermediate product obtained from step (a) to strip a film from the piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on a stripped side of the piezoelectric material.
2. The preparation method according to claim 1, wherein the piezoelectric material is lithium niobate.
3. The preparation method according to claim 1, wherein the reflecting layer includes a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer and a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer which are arranged alternately.
4. The preparation method according to claim 3, wherein the bonding mentioned in step (a) is polymer bonding, hydrophilic bonding or eutectic bonding.
5. The preparation method according to claim 3, wherein on the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material in step (a) also grows a lower electrode.
6. The preparation method according to claim 5, wherein the lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode and SiO.sub.2 is grown on one side of the lower electrode as an isolating layer which may or may not be subject to planarization; and the thickness of the isolating layer is 50-800 nm.
7. The preparation method according to claim 6, wherein step (b) comprises the following specific procedures: heating the bonded intermediate product obtained from step (a) to 200-350° C. to strip the film and then annealing at 200-350° C. for 20-120 min to get the stripped film.
8. A solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator prepared by the preparation method of claim 1.
9. The solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator according to claim 8, comprising an upper electrode, a piezoelectric film, a lower electrode, a reflecting layer, a bonding layer and a substrate from top to bottom; or, an upper electrode, a piezoelectric film, a lower electrode, a bonding layer, a reflecting layer and a substrate from top to bottom.
10. A solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, comprising: an upper electrode, a piezoelectric film, a lower electrode, a reflecting layer, a bonding layer and a substrate from top to bottom; or, an upper electrode, a piezoelectric film, a lower electrode, a bonding layer, a reflecting layer and a substrate from top to bottom.
11. The preparation method according to claim 2, wherein the ion-implanted piezoelectric material is obtained by performing ion implantation on a piezoelectric material, wherein an ion implanted is at least one member selected from the group consisting of H ion, He ion, B ion and As ion, an energy of the implanted ion is 100 KeV-1000 KeV, an implantation dose is 2-8×10.sup.16/cm.sup.2, an ion beam current is 0.1-10 um/cm.sup.−2, an implantation depth is 0.3-8 μm and the substrate is Si, SOI glass, LN or LT.
12. The preparation method according to claim 3, wherein the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, SiO.sub.2 and BCB, the high acoustic impedance reflecting layer comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of Mo, Au, Nb, Ni, Pt, Ta, W, Ir, ZnO, HfO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 and WO.sub.3, and specific steps for growing reflecting layers are as follows: (i) growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on one side of the piezoelectric material, then growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer, and repeating for 1-4 cycles; or (ii) growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the substrate, then growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the high acoustic impedance reflecting layer, repeating for 1-3 cycles, and then growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer; or (iii) growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on one side of the piezoelectric material, then growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer, and repeating for 1-2 cycles, while at the same time, growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer above the substrate, then growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the high acoustic impedance reflecting layer, repeating for 1-2 cycles, and then growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer, wherein a total thickness of the reflecting layers grown is 200 nm-6000 nm.
13. The preparation method according to claim 4, wherein: specific steps for polymer bonding are as follows: applying bonding material on one side of the substrate and/or piezoelectric material, wherein the bonding material is organic insulating material which includes at least one member selected from the group consisting of benzocyclobutene and polyimide, and a thickness of the bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; specific steps for hydrophilic bonding are as follows: applying bonding material on one side of the substrate and/or piezoelectric material, wherein the bonding material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide and aluminum nitride, and a thickness of the bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; specific steps for eutectic bonding are as follows: applying bonding material on one side of the substrate and/or piezoelectric material, wherein the bonding material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of gold, tin and their alloys; and a thickness of the bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm.
14. The preparation method according to claim 5, wherein the lower electrode includes graphical lower electrode and non-graphical lower electrode, the method for growing the graphical lower electrode is as follows: photoetching a pattern to be grown on the surface of the piezoelectric material, then growing an electrode, and then washing off an unwanted part, or, first growing an electrode on the surface of the piezoelectric material, then preparing a mask, and then etching off the unwanted part, wherein the material for growing the lower electrode is Al, Au, Mo, Pt or W and a thickness of the lower electrode is 50-500 nm.
15. The preparation method according to claim 7, wherein a thickness of the piezoelectric material after stripping is 500-1000 nm, the material for growing the upper electrode is Al, Au, Mo, Pt or W, and a thickness of the upper electrode is 50-300 nm.
16. The preparation method according to claim 9, wherein the lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode and an isolating layer is set between the lower electrode and the reflecting layer, and the reflecting layer comprises low acoustic impedance reflecting layers and high acoustic impedance reflecting layers arranged alternately.
17. The preparation method according to claim 10, wherein the lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode and an isolating layer is set between the lower electrode and the reflecting layer, the reflecting layer comprises low acoustic impedance reflecting layers and high acoustic impedance reflecting layers arranged alternately, and the solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator is prepared by way of wafer bonding and lay transfer.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0055] In the figure: 1—upper electrode; 2—piezoelectric film; 3—lower electrode; 4—low acoustic impedance reflecting layer; 5—high acoustic impedance reflecting layer; 6—bonding layer; 7—substrate.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0056] The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below in combination with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative labor shall fall with the scope of protection of the present invention.
[0057] It should be noted that, where no specific conditions are indicated in the embodiments of the present invention, the normal conditions or those suggested by the manufacturer shall apply; where no manufacturers are indicated for the agent or device used, the commercially available conventional products shall apply; raw materials from different manufacturers and of different models will not affect the implementation of the technical solution and realization of the technical effect disclosed in the present invention.
Embodiment 1
[0058] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0059] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0060] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0061] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0062] (a) As shown in
[0063] It should be noted that, as an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the ion to be implanted can also be at least one member selected from the group consisting of He ion, B ion and As ion; energy of the implanted ion can be any value between 100 KeV-1000 KeV; the implantation dose can be any value between 2—8×10.sup.16/cm.sup.2; the ion beam current can be any value between 0.1-10 um/cm.sup.−2; and the implantation depth can be any value between 0.3-8 um.
[0064] Growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on one side of the said piezoelectric material, then growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the previous low acoustic impedance reflecting layer, and repeating the operation for 1-4 cycles; in this embodiment, repeating the operation of growing reflecting layers for 3 cycles, with the total thickness of the said reflecting layers being 3600 nm. The said reflecting layer includes low acoustic impedance reflecting layer and high acoustic impedance reflecting layer; and the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layers and high acoustic impedance reflecting layers are arranged alternately; the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Al and the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Mo. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, SiO.sub.2 and benzocyclobutene (BCB); the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Au, Nb, Ni, Pt, Ta, W, Ir, ZnO, HfO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 and WO.sub.3.
[0065] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, polymer bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is organic insulating material and the said organic insulating material includes but not limited to benzocyclobutene and polyimide; the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0066] As shown in
[0067] As shown in
[0068] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material applied with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding at a prebonding pressure of 4×10.sup.5 pa for 30 min; then slowly raising the temperature to 200° C. and maintaining the temperature for 2 h to allow the benzocyclobutene to fully cure and thus to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0069] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 350° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, i.e., the piezoelectric layer, as shown in
[0070] The structural schematic diagram of the solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator prepared is shown in
Embodiment 2
[0071] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0072] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0073] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0074] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0075] (a) As shown in
[0076] Growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on one side of the said piezoelectric material, then growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the previous low acoustic impedance reflecting layer, and repeating the operation for 1-4 cycles; in this embodiment, repeating the operation of growing reflecting layers for 3 cycles, with the total thickness of the said reflecting layers being 3000 nm. The said reflecting layer includes low acoustic impedance reflecting layer and high acoustic impedance reflecting layer; wherein the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layers and high acoustic impedance reflecting layers are arranged alternately; the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Al and the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Mo. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, SiO.sub.2 and benzocyclobutene (BCB); the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Au, Nb, Ni, Pt, Ta, W, Ir, ZnO, HfO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 and WO.sub.3.
[0077] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, hydrophilic bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide and aluminum nitride and the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0078] As shown in
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[0080] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material grown with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0081] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 200° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, as shown in
Embodiment 3
[0082] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0083] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0084] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0085] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0086] (a) As shown in
[0087] Growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on one side of the said piezoelectric material, then growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the previous low acoustic impedance reflecting layer, and repeating the operation for 1-4 cycles; in this embodiment, repeating the operation of growing reflecting layers for 3 cycles, with the total thickness of the said reflecting layers being 3000 nm. The said reflecting layer includes low acoustic impedance reflecting layer and high acoustic impedance reflecting layer and the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layers and high acoustic impedance reflecting layers are arranged alternately; the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Al and the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Mo. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, SiO.sub.2 and benzocyclobutene (BCB); the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Au, Nb, Ni, Pt, Ta, W, Ir, ZnO, HfO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 and WO.sub.3.
[0088] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, eutectic bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of gold, tin and their alloys; preferably, the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0089] As shown in
[0090] As shown in
[0091] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material grown with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0092] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 200° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, as shown in
Embodiment 4
[0093] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0094] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0095] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0096] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0097] (a) As shown in
[0098] It should be noted that, as an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the ion to be implanted can also be at least one member selected from the group consisting of He ion, B ion and As ion; energy of the implanted ion can be any value between 100-1000 KeV; the implantation dose can be any value between 2-8×10.sup.16/cm.sup.2; the ion beam current can be any value between 0.1-10 um/cm.sup.−2; and the implantation depth can be any value between 0.3-8 um.
[0099] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; the said lower electrode is a non-graphical lower electrode; the material for growing the lower electrode is Al; the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
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[0101] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, polymer bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is organic insulating material and the said organic insulating material includes but not limited to benzocyclobutene and polyimide; the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
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[0104] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material applied with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding at a prebonding pressure of 4×10.sup.5 pa for 30 min; then slowly raising the temperature to 200° C. and maintaining the temperature for 2 h to allow the benzocyclobutene to fully cure and thus to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0105] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 350° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, i.e., the piezoelectric layer, as shown in
Embodiment 5
[0106] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0107] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0108] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0109] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0110] (a) As shown in
[0111] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; the said lower electrode is a non-graphical lower electrode; the material for growing the lower electrode is Al; the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
[0112] As shown in
[0113] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, hydrophilic bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide and aluminum nitride and the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0114] As shown in
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[0116] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material grown with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0117] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 200° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, as shown in
Embodiment 6
[0118] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0119] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0120] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0121] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0122] (a) As shown in
[0123] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; the said lower electrode is a non-graphical lower electrode; the material for growing the lower electrode is Al; the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
[0124] As shown in
[0125] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, eutectic bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of gold, tin and their alloys; preferably, the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0126] As shown in
[0127] As shown in
[0128] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material grown with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0129] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 200° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, as shown in
Embodiment 7
[0130] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0131] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0132] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0133] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0134] (a) As shown in
[0135] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; the said lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode. The method for growing a graphical lower electrode is as follows: photoetching a pattern to be grown on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then growing an electrode, and at last washing off the unwanted part; as an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said lower electrode can also be grown by the following method: first growing an electrode on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then preparing a mask, and at last etching off the unwanted part; in this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode is Al; the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
[0136] As shown in
[0137] Growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer above the said substrate, then growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the previous high acoustic impedance reflecting layer, repeating the operation for 1-3 cycles, and at last growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer; in this embodiment, repeating the operation of growing reflecting layers for 3 cycles, with the total thickness of the said reflecting layers being 3000 nm. The said reflecting layer includes low acoustic impedance reflecting layer and high acoustic impedance reflecting layer and the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layers and high acoustic impedance reflecting layers are arranged alternately; the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Al and the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Mo. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, SiO.sub.2 and benzocyclobutene (BCB); the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Au, Nb, Ni, Pt, Ta, W, Ir, ZnO, HfO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 and WO.sub.3.
[0138] Then, bonding the piezoelectric material to the side of the said substrate with reflecting layer; in this embodiment, polymer bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is organic insulating material and the said organic insulating material includes but not limited to benzocyclobutene and polyimide; the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0139] As shown in
[0140] As shown in
[0141] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material applied with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding at a prebonding pressure of 4×10.sup.5 pa for 30 min; then slowly raising the temperature to 200° C. and maintaining the temperature for 2 h to allow the benzocyclobutene to fully cure and thus to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0142] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 350° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, i.e., the piezoelectric layer, as shown in
Embodiment 8
[0143] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0144] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0145] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0146] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0147] (a) As shown in
[0148] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; the said lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode. The method for growing a graphical lower electrode is as follows: photoetching a pattern to be grown on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then growing an electrode, and at last washing off the unwanted part; as an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said lower electrode can also be grown by the following method: first growing an electrode on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then preparing a mask, and at last etching off the unwanted part; in this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode is Al and the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
[0149] As shown in
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[0151] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, polymer bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is organic insulating material and the said organic insulating material includes but not limited to benzocyclobutene and polyimide; the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0152] As shown in
[0153] As shown in
[0154] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material applied with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding at a prebonding pressure of 4×10.sup.5 pa for 30 min; then slowly raising the temperature to 200° C. and maintaining the temperature for 2 h to allow the benzocyclobutene to fully cure and thus to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0155] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 350° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, i.e., the piezoelectric layer, as shown in
Embodiment 9
[0156] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0157] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, growing reflecting layers above the said substrate, and bonding the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer to the side of the substrate with the reflecting layer;
[0158] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0159] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0160] (a) As shown in
[0161] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; the said lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode. The method for growing a graphical lower electrode is as follows: photoetching the pattern to be grown on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then growing an electrode, and at last washing off the unwanted part; as an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said lower electrode can also be grown by the following method: first growing an electrode on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then preparing a mask, and at last etching off the unwanted part; in this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode is Al and the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
[0162] As shown in
[0163] As shown in
[0164] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, hydrophilic bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; wherein the said bonding material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide and aluminum nitride and preferably the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100 nm-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0165] As shown in
[0166] As shown in
[0167] Growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer above the said substrate, then growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the previous high acoustic impedance reflecting layer, repeating the operation for 1-2 cycles, and at last growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer. In this embodiment, repeating the operation of growing reflecting layers for 1 cycle, with the total thickness of the said reflecting layers being 300 nm. The said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Al and the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Mo. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, SiO.sub.2 and benzocyclobutene (BCB); the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Au, Nb, Ni, Pt, Ta, W, Ir, ZnO, HfO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 and WO.sub.3.
[0168] As shown in
[0169] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 200° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, as shown in
Embodiment 10
[0170] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0171] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, growing reflecting layers above the said substrate, and bonding the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer to the side of the substrate with the reflecting layer;
[0172] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0173] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0174] (a) As shown in
[0175] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; wherein the said lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode. The method for growing a graphical lower electrode is as follows: photoetching the pattern to be grown on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then growing an electrode, and at last washing off the unwanted part. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said lower electrode can also be grown by the following method: first growing an electrode on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then preparing a mask, and at last etching off the unwanted part; in this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode is Al and the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
[0176] As shown in
[0177] As shown in
[0178] As shown in
[0179] As shown in
[0180] Growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer above the said substrate, then growing a low acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the previous high acoustic impedance reflecting layer, repeating the operation for 1-2 cycles, and at last growing a high acoustic impedance reflecting layer on the low acoustic impedance reflecting layer. In this embodiment, repeating the operation of growing reflecting layers for 1 cycle, with the total thickness of the said reflecting layers being 300 nm. The said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Al and the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer is made of Mo. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said low acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, SiO.sub.2 and benzocyclobutene (BCB); the said high acoustic impedance reflecting layer can also be made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of Au, Nb, Ni, Pt, Ta, W, Ir, ZnO, HfO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 and WO.sub.3.
[0181] As shown in
[0182] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 200° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, as shown in
Embodiment 11
[0183] In this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0184] (a) Taking a piece of ion-implanted piezoelectric material, growing reflecting layers below the implantation face of the said piezoelectric material, then taking a substrate, and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer;
[0185] (b) Heating the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) to strip the film from the said piezoelectric material and growing an upper electrode on the stripped side of the said piezoelectric material.
[0186] As a preferred implementation mode of this embodiment, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator, as shown in
[0187] (a) As shown in
[0188] Growing a lower electrode above the implantation face of the ion-implanted piezoelectric material; wherein the said lower electrode is a graphical lower electrode. The method for growing a graphical lower electrode is as follows: photoetching a pattern to be grown on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then growing an electrode, and at last washing off the unwanted part; as an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the said lower electrode can also be grown by the following method: first growing an electrode on the surface of the said piezoelectric material, then preparing a mask, and at last etching off the unwanted part; in this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode is Al; the thickness of the said lower electrode is 50 nm. As an alternative implementation mode of this embodiment, the material for growing the lower electrode can also be Au, Mo, Pt or W; the thickness of the said lower electrode can be any value between 50-500 nm.
[0189] As shown in
[0190] As shown in
[0191] Then, taking a substrate and bonding it to the side of the piezoelectric material with the reflecting layer; in this embodiment, polymer bonding is applied; applying bonding material on one side of the said substrate and/or piezoelectric material; the said bonding material is organic insulating material; the said organic insulating material includes but not limited to benzocyclobutene and polyimide; the thickness of the said bonding material applied is 100-4000 nm; in this embodiment, the specific procedures are as follows:
[0192] As shown in
[0193] As shown in
[0194] Placing the said substrate and piezoelectric material applied with the bonding layer into a bonder or a tube furnace for bonding at a prebonding pressure of 4×10.sup.5 pa for 30 min; then slowly raising the temperature to 200° C. and maintaining the temperature for 2 h to allow the benzocyclobutene to fully cure and thus to obtain the bonded intermediate product.
[0195] (b) Annealing the bonded intermediate product gained from step (a) at 350° C. for 2 h to make the piezoelectric material split along the damaged layer caused by the ion implantation, so as to obtain the single-crystal piezoelectric thin film, i.e., the piezoelectric layer, as shown in
Comparative Example
[0196] In this comparative example, the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator comprises the following steps:
[0197] Taking a substrate, first growing a reflecting layer above the said substrate, then growing a lower electrode above the reflecting layer and depositing a piezoelectric layer on the lower electrode, finally growing an upper electrode on the piezoelectric layer deposited.
[0198] Wherein, the materials used in the said substrate, reflecting layer, lower electrode, piezoelectric layer and upper electrode are the same as those in Embodiment 1.
Effect Test Example
[0199] To verify the technical effect of the preparation method of solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator disclosed in the present invention, the said solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonators prepared by the methods described in embodiments 1-11 and the comparative example are taken to conduct comparative test according to the following steps:
[0200] 1. Take solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonators prepared by the methods described in embodiments 1-11 and the comparative example and test the parameter S of resonators by using the probe station and vector network analyzer to get S11 of each resonator.
[0201] 2. Import the S11 of each resonator into the ADS simulation software to get the input impedance Zin of three types of devices and read the series resonance frequency fs and parallel resonance frequency fp of each resonator from the impedance curve.
[0202] 3. Calculate Q value of the resonator by the following formula:
Q=f.sub.s/p/2×|d(<Zin)/df|.sub.s/p
[0203] 4. Calculate the electromechanical coupling coefficient k.sub.t.sup.2 by the following formula:
k.sub.t.sup.2=π.sup.2/4×(fp−fs)/fp
[0204] The test results are shown in the following table:
TABLE-US-00001 Group fs fp Q k.sub.t.sup.2 Embodiment 1 3.192 GHz 3.516 GHz 2581 22.71% Embodiment 2 3.164 GHz 3.476 GHz 2157 22.12% Embodiment 3 3.24 GHz 3.562 GHz 2352 22.28% Embodiment 4 3.116 GHz 3.42 GHz 2200 22.04% Embodiment 5 3.194 GHz 3.518 GHz 2250 22.7% Embodiment 6 3196 GHz 3.52 GHz 2356 22.69% Embodiment 7 3.15 GHz 3.464 GHz 2421 22.3% Embodiment 8 3.158 GHz 3.456 GHz 2341 21.25% Embodiment 9 3.142 GHz 3.446 GHz 2418 21.74% Embodiment 10 3.190 GHz 3.512 GHz 2503 22.59% Embodiment 11 3.16 GHz 3.458 GHz 2406 21.24% Comparative 3.012 GHz 3.226 GHz 1100 16.35% Example
[0205] The test results show that the solid reflection-type bulk acoustic resonator prepared by the method disclosed in the present invention is superior in Q value, electromechanical coupling coefficient and performance. It can be known from the technical knowledge that the present invention can be realized by the implantation solutions without departing from the spiritual essence or necessary features. Therefore, the description of the abovementioned embodiments of the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed present invention, but only represents the selected embodiments of the present invention. All variations within or equivalent to the scope of the claimed present invention shall fall with the scope of protection of the present invention.