Microcrystalline diamond micromechanical resonators with quality factor limited by thermoelastic damping

Abstract

Thin-film microcrystalline diamond micromechanical resonators with mechanical quality factor limited by thermoelastic dissipation in the diamond film are demonstrated. Surface micromachined double ended tuning fork resonators were fabricated from in-situ boron doped microcrystalline diamond films deposited using hot filament chemical vapor deposition. Time-domain thermoreflectance measurements show thermal conductivity of 110 W m−1 K−1 for heat transport through the thickness of the diamond film. Measurement of the quality factor of resonators spanning a frequency range 0.5–10 MHz shows a maximum Q = 81 646 and demonstrates good agreement with quality factor limited by thermoelastic dissipation using 100 W m−1 K−1 for the in-plane thermal conductivity of the diamond film.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 18, 2013
Source ID
10.1063/1.4793234

Entities

People

  • Amir Heidari
  • David A. Horsley
  • David G. Cahill
  • Hadi Najar
  • Hseuh-an Yang
  • Liwei Lin
  • Mei-lin Chan

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • University of California
  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.