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ArticleScientific reports2025

Air-coupled piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer array based on low-cost and large remnant polarization PZT thin film.

Jia-Ling Lin, Ya-Han Liu, Chien-Lun Kao, Shao-Wei Wu, Han-Jen Hsu, Hsiao-Chi Lin, Chih-Ying Li, Chun-Yuan Chen, Yeong-Her Wang, Chih-Hsien Huang

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Jia-Ling LinDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Ya-Han LiuInstitute of Microelectronics, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chien-Lun KaoDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Shao-Wei WuDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Han-Jen HsuDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsiao-Chi LinDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chih-Ying LiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chun-Yuan ChenDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yeong-Her WangInstitute of Microelectronics, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. yhw@ee.ncku.edu.tw.
Chih-Hsien HuangDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. chihhsien_h@mail.ncku.edu.tw.

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National Science and Technology Council 110-2313-B-006-005-MY3
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Abstract

Due to the development of semiconductor technology, control and driving circuits for large phased arrays have become cheaper and more compact, enabling air-coupled ultrasonic transducer arrays to be applied in areas such as ultrasonic haptic feedback and acoustic levitation. However, current air-coupled ultrasonic transducers are quite bulky, which prevents the commercialization of these applications. Hence, piezoelectric micromachining ultrasonic transducers (pMUT) have been proposed to replace conventional ultrasound transducers. Currently, PZT, or lead zirconate titanate, thin film is the most reliable and, consequently, most popular piezoelectric layer for pMUT, but existing PZT fabrication methods are too expensive or require rare metals. To counter this problem, this study proposed a cost-effective and reliable PZT thin film fabrication method. By depositing a commercial sol-gel solution as a seed layer followed by radio frequency sputtering, a PZT thin film with remnant polarization of 113.35 µC/cm

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