%0 Conference Paper %A Pandian, M.S. %A Marigo, E. %A Shunmugam, M. %A Hussain, R.B. %A Song, C.T.W. %A Din, J.B.J. %A Fei, C.B. %A Madhaven, V. %A Kantimahanti, A.K. %A Malik, A.F. %A Jeoti, V. %D 2015 %F scholars:5620 %I Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. %K Acoustic surface wave devices; Acoustic waves; Acoustics; Aluminum; Aluminum coatings; Aluminum nitride; Deposition; Nitrides; Physical vapor deposition; Piezoelectricity; Thin film devices; Thin films; Transducers; Ultrasonic transducers; Vapor deposition, Aluminum nitride (AlN); Coupling coefficient; Interdigital transducer; Physical vapor deposition process; Piezoelectric thin film devices; SAW delay line; Surface acoustic wave propagation; Thin film surfaces, Acoustic wave propagation %R 10.1109/ULTSYM.2015.0362 %T Investigation on Surface Acoustic Wave propagation for a non-planar piezoelectric thin film device %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/5620/ %X In this paper we present a study on the surface acoustic wave propagation performance and coupling coefficient for a non-planar thin film Surface Acoustic Wave device (SAW). Piezoelectric Aluminum Nitride (AlN) thin film is deposited on top of the Inter Digital Transducer (IDT) by a non conformal physical vapor deposition process. Non-planarity around the transducer impedes the wave propagation, this effect is investigated using SAW delay lines. © 2015 IEEE. %Z cited By 4; Conference of IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2015 ; Conference Date: 21 October 2015 Through 24 October 2015; Conference Code:118680