RF MEMS

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Dual-Mode Resonator and Switchless Reconfigurable Oscillator Based on Piezoelectric AlN MEMS Technology (with Jan Van der Spiegel and Gianluca Piazza), IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2011)
 

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Single-Ended-to-Differential and Differential-to-Differential Channel-Select Filters Based on Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Gianluca Piazza), 2010 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS 2010) (2010)
 

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Very High Frequency Channel-Select MEMS Filters Based on Self-Coupled Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode Resonators (with Nipun Sinha and Gianluca Piazza), Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2010)
 

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Novel Electrode Configurations in Dual-Layer Stacked and Switchable AlN Contour-Mode Resonators for Low Impedance Filter Termination and Reduced Insertion Loss (with Nipun Sinha and Gianluca Piazza), 23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2010) (2010)
 

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Super-High-Frequency Two-Port AlN Contour-Mode Resonators for RF Applications (with Matteo Rinaldi, Chiara Zuniga, and Gianluca Piazza), IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (2010)
 

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Microscale inverse acoustic band gap structure in aluminum nitride (with Nai-Kuei Kuo and Gianluca Piazza), Applied Physics Letters (2009)
 

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Power Handling and Related Frequency Scaling Advantages in Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Matteo Rinaldi and Gianluca Piazza), 2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2009) (2009)
 

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Demonstration of Inverse Acoustic Band Gap Structures in AlN and Integration with Piezoelectric Contour Mode Transducers (with Nai-Kuei Kuo and Gianluca Piazza), 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2009) (2009)
 

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Ultra-Thin Super High Frequency Two-Port AlN Contour-Mode Resonators and Filters (with Matteo Rinaldi, Chiara Zuniga, and Gianluca Piazza), 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2009) (2009)
 

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AlN Contour-Mode Resonators for Narrow-Band Filters above 3 GHz (with Matteo Rinaldi, Chiara Zuniga, and Gianluca Piazza), 2009 Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF-IFCS 2009) (2009)
 

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Demonstration of Inverse Acoustic Band Gap Structures in AlN and Integration with Piezoelectric Contour Mode Wideband Transducers (with Nai-Kuei Kuo and Gianluca Piazza), 2009 Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF-IFCS 2009) (2009)
 

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Integration of AlN Micromechanical Contour-Mode Technology Filters with Three-Finger Dual Beam AlN MEMS Switches (with Nipun Sinha, Rashed Mahameed, and Gianluca Piazza), 2009 Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF-IFCS 2009) (2009)
 

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Dual Beam Actuation of Piezoelectric AlN RF MEMS Switches Integrated with AlN Contour-mode Resonators (with Nipun Sinha, Rashed Mahamameed, Marcelo B. Pisani, Carlos R. Perez, and Gianluca Piazza), 2008 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2008) (2008)
 

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Hybrid Ultra-Compact 4th Order Band-Pass Filters Based On Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Nipun Sinha, Carlos R. Perez, Rashed Mahameed, Marcelo B. Pisani, and Gianluca Piazza), 2008 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2008) (2008)
 

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Channel-Select RF MEMS Filters Based On Self-Coupled A1N Contour-Mode Piezoelectric Resonators (with Nipun Sinha, Marcelo B. Pisani, Carlos R. Perez, Rashed Mahameed, and Gianluca Piazza), 2007 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2007) (2007)
 

Analog and RF IC

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Dual-Mode Resonator and Switchless Reconfigurable Oscillator Based on Piezoelectric AlN MEMS Technology (with Jan Van der Spiegel and Gianluca Piazza), IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2011)
 

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Reconfigurable CMOS Oscillator Based on Multifrequency AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Matteo Rinaldi, Jan Van der Spiegel, and Gianluca Piazza), IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2011)
 

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Switch-less Dual-frequency Reconfigurable CMOS Oscillator using One Single Piezoelectric AlN MEMS Resonator with Co-existing S0 and S1 Lamb-wave Modes (with Jan Van der Spiegel and Gianluca Piazza), 24th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2011) (2011)
 

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Reconfigurable 4-Frequency CMOS Oscillator Based on AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Matteo Rinaldi, Jan Van der Spiegel, and Gianluca Piazza), 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2010) (2010)
 

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1.5-GHz CMOS Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Based On Thickness-Field-Excited Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Jan Van der Spiegel and Gianluca Piazza), 2010 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC 2010) (2010)
 

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Multifrequency Pierce Oscillators Based on Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Technology (with Nipun Sinha, Jan Van der Spiegel, and Gianluca Piazza), IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (2010)
 

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1.05-GHz CMOS Oscillator Based on Lateral-Field-Excited Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Jan Van der Spiegel and Gianluca Piazza), IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (2010)
 

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1.05 GHz MEMS Oscillator Based On Lateral-Field-Excited Piezoelectric AlN Resonators (with Jan Van der Spiegel and Gianluca Piazza), 2009 Joint Meeting of the European Frequency and Time Forum and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF-IFCS 2009) (2009)
 

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Multi-Frequency Pierce Oscillators Based On Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators (with Nipun Sinha, Jan Van der Spiegel, and Gianluca Piazza), 2008 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS 2008) (2008)
 

Press and News

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SSCS Catches Up with Its 2006–2011 Predoctoral Fellows, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine (2011)
 

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USTC: A Powerhouse of Talent, Advanced Materials (2010)
 

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Chengjie Zuo Receives SSCS Predoctoral Fellowship for 2009–2010, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine (2009)
 

Sensors

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GHz Range Nanoscaled AlN Contour-Mode Resonant Sensors (CMR-S) with Self-Sustained CMOS Oscillator (with Matteo Rinaldi, Chiara Zuniga, and Gianluca Piazza), 2010 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (Hilton Head 2010) (2010)
 

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ss-DNA Functionalized Ultra-Thin-Film AlN Contour-Mode Resonators with Self-Sustained Oscillator for Volatile Organic Chemical Detection (with Matteo Rinaldi, Brandon Duick, Chiara Zuniga, and Gianluca Piazza), 23rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2010) (2010)