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MEMS-Based UHF Monolithic Crystal Filters for Integrated RF Circuits
Abstract—We report our work in developing microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based Ultra High Frequency (UHF) AT-cut quartz monolithic crystal filters operating between 350 and 400 MHz for integration with Si electronics for highly compact Radio Frequency (RF) front-end electronics. Our narrow bandwidth (0.2%) high Q filters have measured insertion losses of −2 dB with temperature stability of roughly 50 ppm over a temperature range of 10°– 80°C. Wafer-level optical metrology and ion milling techniques have been developed to provide enhanced accuracy of the filter center frequency and resonator parameters for optimized performance and improved yields.
Index Terms—Quartz microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), UHF monolithic crystal filters, integrated RF frontend circuits, wafer-level quartz fabrication, quartz truing, ion milling.
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