Table 1 Comparison of the main commercial RF MEMS resonator technologies and the LFE CLMR presented in this work

From: Compact and wideband nanoacoustic pass-band filters for future 5G and 6G cellular radios

 

Trad. SAW8

TC-SAW11

TF-SAW12,13

FBAR17

SMR28

XBAW27

CLMR (This work)

 

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Substrate

LN/LT

LN/LT

LN/LT

AlN/ScAlN

AlN/ScAlN

AlN/ScAlN

AlN/ScAlN

CMOS compatibility

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Litho tunability

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Cost

Low

Medium

High

High

Medium

High

Low

Fab. complexity

Low

Low

Low

High

High

High

Low

Max. freq.

< 4 GHz

< 4 GHz

< 4 GHz

< 6 GHz commercially

< 6 GHz

< 6 GHz

> 10 GHz

  1. Although FBAR (column 5) and XBAW (column 7) share similar structure, they differ significantly in fabrication process and associated challenges.