A fully integrated oven controlled microelectromechanical oscillator – Part II. Characterization and measurement
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Our paper reports the measurement and characterization of a fully integrated oven controlled microelectromechanical oscillator (OCMO). The OCMO takes advantage of high thermal isolation and monolithic integration of both aluminum nitride (AlN) micromechanical resonators and electronic circuitry to thermally stabilize or ovenize all the components that comprise an oscillator. Operation at microscale sizes allows implementation of high thermal resistance platform supports that enable thermal stabilization at very low-power levels when compared with the state-of-the-art oven controlled crystal oscillators. A prototype OCMO has been demonstrated with a measured temperature stability of -1.2 ppb/°C, over the commercial temperature range while using tens of milliwatts of supply power and with a volume of 2.3 mm3 (not including the printed circuit board-based thermal control loop). Additionally, due to its small thermal time constant, the thermal compensation loop can maintain stability during fast thermal transients (>10 °C/min). This new technology has resulted in a new paradigm in terms of power, size, and warm up time for high thermal stability oscillators.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1236202
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2015-0202J; 562129
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 24, Issue 6; ISSN 1057-7157
- Publisher:
- IEEECopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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