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										Wei Wang, Wenli Liu, Junyuan Zhao, Bo Niu, Zeyu Wu, Yinfang Zhu, Jinling Yang, Fuhua Yang. A mechanically coupled MEMS filter with high-Q width extensional mode resonators[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2024, 45(8): 082301. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/24050007					 
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											W Wang, W L Liu, J Y Zhao, B Niu, Z Y Wu, Y F Zhu, J L Yang, and F H Yang, A mechanically coupled MEMS filter with high-Q width extensional mode resonators[J]. J. Semicond., 2024, 45(8), 082301 doi:  10.1088/1674-4926/24050007
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A mechanically coupled MEMS filter with high-Q width extensional mode resonators
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/24050007
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             AbstractThis work presents a novel radio frequency (RF) narrowband Si micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) filter based on capacitively transduced slotted width extensional mode (WEM) resonators. The flexibility of the plate leads to multiple modes near the target frequency. The high Q-factor resonators of around 100 000 enable narrow bandwidth filters with small size and simplified design. The 1-wavelength and 2-wavelength WEMs were first developed as a pair of coupled modes to form a passband. To reduce bandwidth, two plates are coupled with a λ-length coupling beam. The 79.69 MHz coupled plate filter (CPF) achieved a narrow bandwidth of 8.8 kHz, corresponding to a tiny 0.011%. The CPF exhibits an impressive 34.84 dB stopband rejection and 7.82 dB insertion loss with near-zero passband ripple. In summary, the RF MEMS filter presented in this work shows promising potential for application in RF transceiver front-ends.
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 Wei Wang received her bachelor's degree in electronic Science and Technology from Shandong Institute of Business and Technology in 2019, and began to pursue her master's degree at the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2020. Her research interests are MEMS sensors and filters.
	                                            Wei Wang received her bachelor's degree in electronic Science and Technology from Shandong Institute of Business and Technology in 2019, and began to pursue her master's degree at the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2020. Her research interests are MEMS sensors and filters. Jinling Yang received the Ph.D. degree in solid state physics from Institute of Physics, CAS in 1997. After a two-year stay at Venture Business Laboratory of Tohoku University as a Post-doc., she joined IMTEK, University of Freiburg, as a Post-doc. and worked on the reliability of MEMS thin films. In 2002, she joined Institute of Physics, University of Basel and IBM Zurich Research lab Switzerland, to work on scanning force microscopy with ultrasmall cantilevers. Since 2004, she has worked as a Professor in Institute of Semiconductors, CAS. Her group focuses on RF-MEMS devices, reliability of MEMS thin films.
	                                            Jinling Yang received the Ph.D. degree in solid state physics from Institute of Physics, CAS in 1997. After a two-year stay at Venture Business Laboratory of Tohoku University as a Post-doc., she joined IMTEK, University of Freiburg, as a Post-doc. and worked on the reliability of MEMS thin films. In 2002, she joined Institute of Physics, University of Basel and IBM Zurich Research lab Switzerland, to work on scanning force microscopy with ultrasmall cantilevers. Since 2004, she has worked as a Professor in Institute of Semiconductors, CAS. Her group focuses on RF-MEMS devices, reliability of MEMS thin films. 
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