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Non-destructive piezoelectric characterisation of Sc doped aluminium nitride thin films at wafer level

Mertin, Stefan  
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Nyffeler, Clemens  
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Makkonen, Tapani
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January 1, 2019
2019 Ieee International Ultrasonics Symposium (Ius)
IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)

Scandium doped aluminium nitride (ScAlN) gained much attention during last years, since its piezoelectric response is much enlarged as compared to pure AlN films. Above 30% Sc the films are of high interest for piezoMEMS sensing and actuation, ultrasound generation, as well as energy harvesting applications. In this work, piezo-performance uniformity maps are presented for 20% and 33% Sc containing films, sputter deposited on 200-mm wafers. Furthermore, we employ a new method to determine the electro-mechanical coupling k(t)(2). Coupling results for various Sc/(Sc+Al) concentration (0, 6, 20, 26, 33%) are shown. In addition, the dielectric constant epsilon(r) and dielectric loss tan delta, and the transversal and the longitudinal piezoelectric coefficients, e(31,f) and d(33,f,) were measured. The wafers show a high with-in-wafer uniformity (1 sigma uniformity < 2% for Sc20Al80N and < 1% for Sc33Al67N). The highest coupling k(t)(2) = 21.2% was achieved for a 33% Sc film. The presented Al-Sc property-uniformity maps provide a good foundation for ScAlN based MEMS device design and manufacturing.

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DOI
10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8925964
Web of Science ID

WOS:000510220100669

Author(s)
Mertin, Stefan  
Nyffeler, Clemens  
Makkonen, Tapani
Heinz, Bernd
Mazzalai, Andrea
Schmitz-Kempen, Thorsten
Tiedke, Stephan
Pensala, Tuomas
Muralt, Paul  
Date Issued

2019-01-01

Publisher

IEEE

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2019 Ieee International Ultrasonics Symposium (Ius)
ISBN of the book

978-1-7281-4596-9

Series title/Series vol.

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium

Start page

2592

End page

2595

Subjects

scandium doped aluminium nitride

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piezoelectric coefficients

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electro-mechanical coupling

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non-destructive characterisation

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IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)

Glasgow, ENGLAND

Oct 06-09, 2019

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March 5, 2020
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