{"661022":{"#nid":"661022","#data":{"type":"event","title":"XBAW Technology: Enabling Next Generation Resonators and Filter Solutions \u2013 from MHz to GHz range applications","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch6\u003EGeorgia Electronic Design Center Distinguished Lecture Series\u003C\/h6\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EXBAW Technology: Enabling Next Generation Resonators and Filter Solutions \u0026ndash; from MHz to GHz range applications\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFeaturing Abhay Kochhar, Staff Device Engineer Akoustis Technologies, Inc.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003EAkoustis uses pioneering next-generation materials science to address market requirements for improved RF filters. Bulk acoustic wave (BAW) is the technology of choice for RF signal filtering in the range of 2 \u0026ndash; 7 GHz. BAW technology enables small\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nfilter dimensions, leading to compact systems, improved design tradeoffs and lowered cost. High quality factor (Q) of BAW resonators enables improved performance, notably lower passband loss and steeper filter skirts. In this talk, we showcase the capability and performance of resonators and filter solutions created using XBAW, a novel\u0026nbsp; manufacturing process, capable of producing state-of-the-art BAW RF resonators and filters for WiFi, 5G infrastructure, 5G mobile, and defense\/general applications. Using this XBAW wafer manufacturing process and a variety of advanced high purity\u0026nbsp; piezoelectric\u0026nbsp; AlN and AlScN thin films, RF filter solutions are created to address needed improvements in bandwidth, operating frequency and output power compared to incumbent BAW technology deployed today. Further, we present the capability of the XBAW wafer\u0026nbsp; manufacturing platform to extend into the MHz frequency spectrum, by demonstrating high-performance Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEMS) resonators, using various acoustic vibrational modes with improved AlN and AlScN piezoelectric materials. Finally, a brief introduction to XBAW Foundry services is presented, including BAW and MEMS devices offered by the XBAW process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiography:\u003C\/strong\u003E Abhay Kochhar (S\u0026rsquo;11-M\u0026rsquo;13-SM\u0026rsquo;19) received a B.E. from Nagpur University, India, an M.Tech. from VNIT Nagpur, India, and a Ph.D. from Tohoku University, Japan. From Oct 2013 \u0026ndash; Sept 2015, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University. From Oct 2015 \u0026ndash; Sep 2016, he was Postdoctoral Research Associate and during Oct 2016 \u0026ndash; Apr 2019 he was Research Scientist, both with the ECE department at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Since May 2019, he is working at Akoustis Technologies, Inc., Huntersville, NC, where presently he is Staff Device Engineer. He was awarded Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship from 2010-2013. He has won the best paper award at IEEE International Ultrasonic Symposium in 2012. His research interests include microfabrication, hetero-integrated systems, piezoelectric materials for timing and filter applications, etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPizza and soda will be available post seminar.\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Featuring Abhay Kochhar, Staff Device Engineer Akoustis Technologies, Inc."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2022-09-09 16:27:24","changed_gmt":"2022-09-26 12:48:08","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-09-30T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-09-30T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-09-30T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-09-30 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-09-30 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-09-30 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"},{"id":"3191","name":"Georgia Electronic Design Center"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHosted by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/azadeh-ansari\u0022\u003EAzadeh Ansari\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/nima-ghalichechian\u0022\u003ENima Ghalichechian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}