Highly Mass-Sensitive Thin Film Plate Acoustic Resonators (FPAR)

Autor: Ventsislav Yantchev, Ilia Katardjiev, Vesseline Strashilov, Ivan D. Avramov, Ekaterina Radeva, Gergana Alexieva, Lilia Arapan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 11, Iss 7, Pp 6942-6953 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s110706942
Popis: The mass sensitivity of thin aluminum nitride (AlN) film S0 Lamb wave resonators is theoretically and experimentally studied. Theoretical predictions based on modal and finite elements method analysis are experimentally verified. Here, two-port 888 MHz synchronous FPARs are micromachined and subsequently coated with hexamethyl-disiloxane(HMDSO)-plasma-polymerized thin films of various thicknesses. Systematic data on frequency shift and insertion loss versus film thickness are presented. FPARs demonstrate high mass-loading sensitivity as well as good tolerance towards the HMDSO viscous losses. Initial measurements in gas phase environment are further presented.
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