VACUUM DEPOSITION OF AlN ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS

Abstract
Thin‐film microwave acoustic transducers of piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN) have been vacuum deposited by two methods. Aluminum nitride was deposited on metallic film substrates at 300°–1200°C by evaporating aluminum in the presence of either nitrogen gas dissociated in an ac discharge or in the presence of ammonia gas. Longitudinal ultrasonic waves were generated in a sapphire rod with a one‐way‐tuned conversion loss of 10 dB at 1700 MHz.

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