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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Development of FPW Device with Groove Reflection Structure Design

James, Chang 06 September 2011 (has links)
Utilizing bulk micromachining technology, this thesis aimed to develop a flexural plate-wave(FPW) device with novel groove reflection microstructure for high-sensitivity and low insertion-loss biomedical microsystem applications. The influences of the amount and depth of the groove and the distance between the groove and the boundary of ZnO piezoelectric thin-film (DGB) on the reduction of insertion-loss and the enhancement of quality factor (Q) and electromechanical coupling coefficient (K2) were investigated. Three critical technology modules established in this thesis are including the development of (1) a sputtering deposition process of high C-axis (002) orientation ZnO piezoelectric thin-film, (2) an electrochemical etch-stop technique of silicon anisotropic etching and (3) an integration process of FPW device. Firstly, under the optimized conditions of the sputtering deposition process (300¢J substrate temperature, 200 W radio-frequency (RF) power and 30/70 Ar/O2 gas flow ratio), a high C-axis (002) orientated ZnO piezoelectric thin-film with a high X-ray diffraction (XRD) intensity (50,799 a.u.) and narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM = 0.383¢X) can be demonstrated. The peak of XRD intensity of the standard ZnO film occurs at diffraction angle 2£c = 34.422¢X, which matches well with our results (2£c = 34.357¢X). Secondary, an electrochemical etch-stop system with three electrode configuration has been established in this research and the etching accuracy can be controlled to less than 1%. Thirdly, this thesis has successfully integrated the main fabrication processes for developing the FPW device which are including six thin-film deposition processes and six photolithography processes. The implemented FPW device with RIE etched groove reflection microstructure presents a low insertion-loss of -12.646 dB, center frequency of 114.7 MHz, Q factor of 12.76 and K2 value of 0.1876%.

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