A review of MEMS oscillators for frequency reference and timing applications

JTM Van Beek, R Puers - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
MEMS-based oscillators are an emerging class of highly miniaturized, batch manufacturable
timing devices that can rival the electrical performance of well-established quartz-based …

Real-time temperature compensation of MEMS oscillators using an integrated micro-oven and a phase-locked loop

JC Salvia, R Melamud, SA Chandorkar… - Journal of …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a new temperature compensation system for microresonator-based frequency
references. It consists of a phase-locked loop (PLL) whose inputs are derived from two …

Temperature-insensitive composite micromechanical resonators

R Melamud, SA Chandorkar, B Kim… - Journal of …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Utilizing silicon and silicon dioxide's opposing temperature coefficients of Young's modulus,
composite resonators with zero linear temperature coefficient of frequency are fabricated …

Temperature characteristics of a contour mode mems aln piezoelectric ring resonator on soi substrate

S Fei, H Ren - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a result of their IC compatibility, high acoustic velocity, and high thermal conductivity,
aluminum nitride (AlN) resonators have been studied extensively over the past two decades …

Electronic temperature compensation of lateral bulk acoustic resonator reference oscillators using enhanced series tuning technique

HM Lavasani, W Pan, BP Harrington… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the demonstration of series tuning for lateral micromechanical
oscillators and its application for electronic temperature compensation of piezoelectric …

Temperature-stable piezoelectric MEMS resonators using integrated ovens and simple resistive feedback circuits

C Xu, J Segovia-Fernandez, HJ Kim… - Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the design and demonstration of a miniaturized and integrated heater
that enables low power ovenization and temperature stability for piezoelectric MEMS …

Oven controlled N++ [1 0 0] length-extensional mode silicon resonator with frequency stability of 1 ppm over industrial temperature range

W You, B Pei, K Sun, L Zhang, H Yang… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents an oven controlled N++[1 0 0] length-extensional mode silicon
resonator, with a lookup-table based control algorithm. The temperature coefficient of …

Dependence of temperature coefficient of frequency (TCf) on crystallography and eigenmode in N-doped silicon contour mode micromechanical resonators

H Zhu, C Tu, G Shan, JEY Lee - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reports the effects of crystal orientations on the temperature coefficient of
frequency (TCf) of single crystal silicon square-plate micromechanical resonators vibrating …

MEMS resonators

RJP Lander - US Patent 8,390,387, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A crystalline semiconductor resonator device comprises two matched
resonators which are aligned differently with respect to the crystal structure of the crystalline …

Artificial neural network based digital temperature compensation method for aluminum nitride MEMS resonators

C Xu, G Piazza - 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on the demonstration of an effective use of an artificial neural network
(ANN) algorithm for the implementation of a digital temperature compensation method …