Velocity dispersion in GaN-based surface acoustic wave filters on (0001) sapphire substrates

Naoteru Shigekawa; Kazumi Nishimura; Haruki Yokoyama; Kenji Shiojima; Kohji Hohkawa

doi:10.1587/elex.2.495

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Velocity dispersion in GaN-based surface acoustic wave filters on (0001) sapphire substrates

Naoteru Shigekawa, Kazumi Nishimura, Haruki Yokoyama, Kenji Shiojima, Kohji Hohkawa

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Keywords: GaN, sapphire, surface acoustic wave, SAW, velocity dispersion

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2005 Volume 2 Issue 19 Pages 495-500

DOI https://doi.org/10.1587/elex.2.495

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Abstract

We fabricated surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters on three nominally 2-µm-thick undoped GaN layers grown on (0001) sapphire substrates. We extracted SAW velocities for frequencies of the central and subsidiary peaks in the |S₂₁| spectra by applying the δ-function model. We further obtained thicknesses of respective GaN layers by analysing their reflectivity spectra, and established the SAW velocity dispersion. The respective dispersion data were found to lie close to each other, which suggests that characteristics of GaN-based SAW devices can be designed with improved accuracy.

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