摘要:
Disclosed herein is a surface wave device utilizing Love waves, which comprises an LiNbO.sub.3 single-crystalline substrate (2), at least one interdigital transducer (5) formed thereon and a ZnO thin film (6) formed to cover the interdigital transducer (5). Assuming that H represents the thickness of the ZnO thin film and .lambda. represents the wavelength of the as-excited Love waves, a ratio H/.lambda. is set in a range of 0.01 to 0.2.
摘要:
A surface wave resonator suitable for use in the frequency band range of about 70 to 200 MHz has a wide frequency band characteristic. The resonator is a free edge reflective-type surface wave resonator having a pair of comb-like electrodes formed on the upper surface of a piezoelectric substrate made of 41.degree. Y-cut X propagating piezoelectric single crystals of LiNbO.sub.3, wherein SH-type leaky waves are reflected between two opposing free edges of the resonator.
摘要:
A method for fabricating an acoustic wave device includes the steps of forming an insulating material layer on a piezoelectric substrate, forming a patterned photoresist on the insulating material layer, patterning the insulating material layer, and forming a piezoelectric-substrate exposed depression corresponding to a region where an interdigital transducer electrode is to be formed on a first insulator layer composed of the insulating material layer, depositing a metallic material on the piezoelectric substrate to form the interdigital transducer electrode in the piezoelectric-substrate exposed depression such that the overall interdigital transducer electrode is thinner than the first insulator layer and coating the photoresist with a metallic material, removing the photoresist and the metallic material on the photoresist, and depositing a second insulator layer so as to cover the interdigital transducer electrode and the first insulator layer.
摘要:
A sensor for detecting a substance in liquid includes a sensing circuit including a sensing surface acoustic wave (SAW) element in which a reaction film to react with a substance in liquid, a reference circuit including a reference SAW element including an IDT and not including a reaction film, a first signal source driving the sensing circuit, a second signal source driving the reference circuit and being independent of the first signal source, and a differential circuit arranged to output a differential output between an output of the sensing circuit and an output of the reference circuit. The frequency of a first frequency signal output from the first signal source is different from the frequency of a second frequency signal output from the second signal source, thereby making a driving frequency for the sensing SAW element and a driving frequency for the reference SAW element substantially the same as or different from one another.
摘要:
A tunable filter includes a surface acoustic wave resonator, in which an IDT electrode is defined by an electrode material provided in a recess in an upper surface of a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO3 or LiTaO3, and a ZnO film is arranged to cover the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and variable capacitors connected with the surface acoustic wave resonator.
摘要:
A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate including an R-plane, a-plane, or m-plane sapphire substrate and a LiNbO3 film of (90°, 90°, −15° to 15°) or (0°, 90°, −15° to 15°) in terms of Euler angles (φ, θ, Ψ) disposed on the sapphire substrate, and electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric substrate and made of metal.
摘要:
A semiconductor device having excellent crystallinity and excellent electric characteristics includes a ZnO thin film having excellent surface smoothness. ZnO-based thin films (an n-type contact layer, an n-type clad layer, an active layer, a p-type clad layer, and a p-type contact layer) primarily including ZnO are formed sequentially by an ECR sputtering method or other suitable method on a zinc-polar surface of a ZnO substrate. A transparent electrode and a p-side electrode are formed by an evaporation method or other suitable method on a surface of the p-type contact layer, and an n-side electrode is formed on an oxygen-polar surface of the ZnO substrate.
摘要:
A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate made of LiTaO3 or LiNbO3 having an electromechanical coefficient of about 15% or more, at least one electrode which is disposed on the piezoelectric substrate and which is a laminate film having a metal layer defining a primary metal layer primarily composed of a metal having a density higher than that of Al or an alloy of the metal and a metal layer which is laminated on the primary metal layer and which is composed of another metal, and a first SiO2 layer which is disposed in a remaining area other than that at which the at least one electrode is located and which has a thickness approximately equivalent to that of the electrode. In the surface acoustic wave device described above, the density of the electrode is at least about 1.5 times that of the first SiO2 layer. In addition, a second SiO2 layer disposed so as to cover the electrode and the first SiO2 layer and a silicon nitride compound layer disposed on the second SiO2 layer are further provided.
摘要:
A surface-acoustic-wave-sensor-included oscillator circuit does not cause separation of an electrode film due to application of a bias voltage and can reliably accurate operate even if liquid is adhered thereto. The surface-acoustic-wave-sensor-included oscillator circuit includes interdigital electrode disposed on a piezoelectric substrate and a reaction film that is arranged so as to cover the interdigital electrodes and bound to a target substance or a binding material to be bound to the target substance. A surface acoustic wave sensor that is capable of detecting a bit of mass loading on the basis of a variation in frequency is connected as a resonator in the surface-acoustic-wave-sensor-included oscillator circuit. Direct-current cutting capacitors are connected in series to the surface acoustic wave sensor, and the direct-current cutting capacitors respectively define impedance matching circuits in the surface-acoustic-wave-sensor-included oscillator circuit.
摘要:
A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO3 having an electromechanical coupling coefficient k whose square is at least about 0.025, at least one electrode that is made of a metal whose density is greater than that of Al or an alloy primarily including the metal or that is composed of laminated films made of a metal whose density is greater than that of Al or an alloy primarily including the metal and another metal, the electrode being disposed on the piezoelectric substrate, a first insulating layer disposed in a region other than a region where the at least one electrode is disposed, the thickness of the first insulating layer being substantially equal to that of the electrode, and a second insulating layer covering the electrode and the first insulating layer. The density of the electrode is at least about 1.5 times greater than that of the first insulating layer.