• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 8, Issue 2, 117 (2012)
Xi-ming CHEN*, Lian-jie SUN, Bao-he YANG, Yan GUO, and Xiao-guo WU
Author Affiliations
  • Tianjin Key Laboratory of Film Electronic and Communication Device, School of Electronics Information Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384,China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-012-1177-1 Cite this Article
    CHEN Xi-ming, SUN Lian-jie, YANG Bao-he, GUO Yan, WU Xiao-guo. Research on the piezoelectric response of cubic and hexagonal boron nitride films[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(2): 117 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Boron nitride (BN) films for high-frequency surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices are deposited on Ti/Al/Si(111) wafers by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. The structure of BN films is investigated by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra, and the surface morphology and piezoelectric properties of BN films are characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results show that when the flow ratio of nitrogen and argon is 2:18, the cubic BN (c-BN) film is deposited with high purity and c-axis orientation, and when the flow ratio of nitrogen and argon is 4:20, the hexagonal BN (h-BN) film is deposited with high c-axis orientation. Both particles are uniform and compact, and the roughnesses are 1.5 nm and 2.29 nm, respectively. The h-BN films have better piezoelectric response and distribution than the c-BN films.
    CHEN Xi-ming, SUN Lian-jie, YANG Bao-he, GUO Yan, WU Xiao-guo. Research on the piezoelectric response of cubic and hexagonal boron nitride films[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(2): 117
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