Single crystal wafers for surface acoustic wave (SAW) device applications - Specifications and measuring methods (IEC 62276:2016)

IEC 62276:2012 applies to the manufacture of synthetic quartz, lithium niobate (LN), lithium tantalate (LT), lithium tetraborate (LBO), and lanthanum gallium silicate (LGS) single crystal wafers intended for use as substrates in the manufacture of surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters and resonators. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:  - terms and definitions are rearranged in accordance with the alphabetical order;  - 'reduced LN' is appended to terms and definitions;  - 'reduced LT' is appended to terms and definitions;  - reduction process is appended to terms and definitions.

Einkristall-Wafer für Oberflächenwellen-(OFW-)Bauelemente - Festlegungen und Messverfahren (IEC 62276:2016)

Tranches monocristallines pour applications utilisant des dispositifs à ondes acoustiques de surface (OAS) - Spécifications et méthodes de mesure (IEC 62276:2016)

L'IEC 62276:2016 s'applique à la fabrication de tranches monocristallines de quartz synthétique, de niobate de lithium (LN), de tantalate de lithium (LT), de tétraborate de lithium (LBO) et de silicate de gallium et de lanthane (LGS) destinées à être utilisées comme substrats dans la fabrication de résonateurs et de filtres à ondes acoustiques de surface (OAS).
La présente édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
- Corrections des indications de l'angle d'Euler au Tableau 1 et des directions des axes à la Figure 3.
- La définition de "cristal jumeau" n'était pas expliquée de manière suffisamment claire en 3.3.3. Elle a été révisée par une définition plus détaillée.
- Le nombre maximal de canaux de gravure dans un germe de tranche de quartz qui ne traverse pas de la surface avant à la surface arrière est déterminé pour trois classes en 4.2.13 a). Les utilisateurs utilisent des parties de germes de tranches de quartz pour les dispositifs. Ces tranches de quartz nécessitent moins de canaux de gravure dans un germe pour réduire les défauts dans les dispositifs. La classification des canaux de gravure dans un germe peut nécessiter une augmentation de la qualité des tranches de quartz.

Enokristalne rezine za površinske zvočnovalovne naprave (SAW) - Specifikacije in merilne metode (IEC 62276:2016)

Standard IEC 62276:2012 se uporablja za proizvodnjo enokristalnih rezin iz sintetičnega kremena, litijevega niobata (LN), litijevega tantalata (LT), litijevega tetraborata (LBO) in lantanovega galijevega silikata (LGS), ki se uporabljajo kot substrati pri proizvodnji površinskih zvočnovalovnih filtrov (SAW) in resonatorjev. Ta izdaja vključuje naslednje pomembne tehnične spremembe glede na prejšnjo izdajo:  – izrazi in definicije so urejeni v skladu z abecednim vrstnim redom; – »zmanjšan LN« je dodan izrazom in definicijam; – »zmanjšan LT« je dodan izrazom in definicijam; – »postopek za zmanjšanje« je dodan izrazom in definicijam.

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Published
Publication Date
15-Dec-2016
Technical Committee
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
14-Dec-2016
Due Date
18-Feb-2017
Completion Date
16-Dec-2016

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Single crystal wafers for surface acoustic wave (SAW) device applications -
Specifications and measuring methods (IEC 62276:2016)
Einkristall-Wafer für Oberflächenwellen-(OFW-)Bauelemente - Festlegungen und
Messverfahren (IEC 62276:2016)
Tranches monocristallines pour applications utilisant des dispositifs à ondes acoustiques
de surface (OAS) - Spécifications et méthodes de mesure (IEC 62276:2016)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62276:2016
ICS:
31.140 3LH]RHOHNWULþQHQDSUDYH Piezoelectric devices
SIST EN 62276:2017 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62276

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2016
ICS 31.140 Supersedes EN 62276:2013
English Version
Single crystal wafers for surface acoustic wave (SAW) device
applications - Specifications and measuring methods
(IEC 62276:2016)
Tranches monocristallines pour applications utilisant des Einkristall-Wafer für Oberflächenwellen-(OFW-
dispositifs à ondes acoustiques de surface (OAS) - )Bauelemente - Festlegungen und Messverfahren
Spécifications et méthodes de mesure (IEC 62276:2016)
(IEC 62276:2016)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2016-11-28. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
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European foreword
The text of document 49/1144/CDV, future edition 3 of IEC 62276, prepared by IEC/TC 49
“Piezoelectric, dielectric and electrostatic devices and associated materials for frequency control,
selection and detection” was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 62276:2016.

The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be (dop) 2017-08-28
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2019-11-28
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 62276:2013.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62276:2016 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
IEC 61019-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61019-1.
IEC 61019-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61019-2.
IEC 61019-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61019-3.
ISO 4287:1997 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 4287:1998.

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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant

EN/HD applies.

NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60758 2016 Synthetic Quartz Crystal - Specifications EN 60758 2016
and guidelines for use
ISO 2859-1 1989 Sampling procedures for inspection by - -
attributes; part_1: sampling plans indexed
by acceptable quality level (AQL) for lot-by-
lot inspection

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
3.1 Single crystals for SAW wafer . 8
3.2 Terms and definitions related to LN and LT crystals . 9
3.3 Terms and definitions related to all crystals . 9
3.4 Flatness . 10
3.5 Definitions of appearance defects . 12
3.6 Other terms and definitions . 13
4 Requirements . 14
4.1 Material specification . 14
4.1.1 Synthetic quartz crystal . 14
4.1.2 LN . 15
4.1.3 LT . 15
4.1.4 LBO, LGS . 15
4.2 Wafer specifications . 15
4.2.1 General . 15
4.2.2 Diameters and tolerances . 15
4.2.3 Thickness and tolerance . 15
4.2.4 Orientation flat . 15
4.2.5 Secondary flat . 16
4.2.6 Back surface roughness . 16
4.2.7 Warp . 16
4.2.8 TV5 or TTV . 16
4.2.9 Front (propagation) surface finish . 17
4.2.10 Front surface defects . 17
4.2.11 Surface orientation tolerance . 18
4.2.12 Inclusions . 18
4.2.13 Etch channel number and position of seed for quartz wafer . 18
4.2.14 Bevel . 18
4.2.15 Curie temperature and tolerance. 18
4.2.16 Lattice constant . 18
4.2.17 Bulk resistivity (conductivity) for reduced LN and LT . 19
5 Sampling plan . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Sampling. 19
5.3 Sampling frequency . 19
5.4 Inspection of whole population . 19
6 Test methods . 19
6.1 Diameter . 19
6.2 Thickness . 20
6.3 Dimension of OF . 20
6.4 Orientation of OF . 20
6.5 TV5 . 20

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6.6 Warp . 20
6.7 TTV . 20
6.8 Front surface defects . 20
6.9 Inclusions . 20
6.10 Back surface roughness . 20
6.11 Orientation . 20
6.12 Curie temperature . 20
6.13 Lattice constant . 20
6.14 Bulk resistivity . 21
7 Identification, labelling, packaging, delivery condition . 21
7.1 Packaging . 21
7.2 Labelling and identification . 21
7.3 Delivery condition . 21
8 Measurement of Curie temperature . 21
8.1 General . 21
8.2 DTA method . 21
8.3 Dielectric constant method . 22
9 Measurement of lattice constant (Bond method) . 23
10 Measurement of face angle by X-ray. 24
10.1 Measurement principle . 24
10.2 Measurement method . 25
10.3 Measuring surface orientation of wafer. 25
10.4 Measuring OF flat orientation . 25
10.5 Typical wafer orientations and reference planes. 25
11 Measurement of bulk resistivity . 26
11.1 Resistance measurement of a wafer . 26
11.2 Electrode . 27
11.3 Bulk resistivity . 27
12 Visual inspections – Front surface inspection method . 27
Annex A (normative) Expression using Euler angle description for piezoelectric single
crystals . 29
A.1 Wafer orientation using Euler angle description . 29
Annex B (informative) Manufacturing process for SAW wafers . 32
B.1 Crystal growth methods . 32
B.1.1 Czochralski growth method . 32
B.1.2 Vertical Bridgman method . 34
B.2 Standard mechanical wafer manufacturing . 35
B.2.1 Process flow-chart . 35
B.2.2 Cutting both ends and cylindrical grinding . 36
B.2.3 Marking orientation . 37
B.2.4 Slicing . 37
B.2.5 Double-sided lapping . 37
B.2.6 Bevelling (edge rounding) . 37
B.2.7 Mirror polishing . 37
Bibliography . 38

Figure 1 – Wafer sketch and measurement points for TV5 determination . 10
Figure 2 – Schematic diagram of TTV . 11

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Figure 3 – Schematic diagram of warp . 11
Figure 4 – Schematic diagram of Sori . 11
Figure 5 – Example of site distribution for LTV measurement . 12
Figure 6 – LTV value of each site . 12
Figure 7 – Schematic of a DTA system . 22
Figure 8 – Schematic of a dielectric constant measurement system . 22
Figure 9 – The Bond method . 24
Figure 10 – Measurement method by X-ray . 24
Figure 11 – Relationship between cut angle and lattice planes . 25
Figure 12 – Measuring circuit . 26
Figure 13 – Resistance measuring equipment . 26
Figure 14 – Shape of electrode . 27
Figure A.1 – Definition of Euler angles to rotate coordinate system (X, Y, Z) onto
( x , x , x ) . 29
1 2 3
Figure A.2 – SAW wafer coordinate system . 30
Figure A.3 – Relationship between the crystal axes, Euler angles, and SAW orientation
for some wafer orientations . 31
Figure B.1 – Czochralski crystal growth method . 32
Figure B.2 – Example of non-uniformity in crystals grown from different starting melt
compositions . 34
Figure B.3 – Schematic of a Vertical Bridgman furnace and example of temperature
distribution . 35
Figure B.4 – Process flow-chart . 36

Table 1 – Description of wafer orientations . 14
Table 2 – Roughness, warp, TV5 and TTV specification limits . 17
Table 3 – Maximum number of etch channels in seed position . 18
Table 4 – Crystal planes to determine surface and OF orientations . 25
Table 5 – Electrode size . 27
Table A.1 – Selected SAW substrate orientations and corresponding Euler angles . 30

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SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFERS FOR SURFACE
ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) DEVICE APPLICATIONS –
SPECIFICATIONS AND MEASURING METHODS

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62276 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 49:
Piezoelectric, dielectric and electrostatic devices and associated materials for frequency
control, selection and detection.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition of IEC 62276 published in 2012. It
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
– Corrections of Euler angle indications in Table 1 and axis directions in Figure 3.
– Definition of “twin“ is not explained clearly enough in 3.3.3. Therefore it is revised by a
more detailed definition.
– Etch channels maximum number at quartz wafer of seed which do not pass through from
surface to back surface are classified for three grades in 4.2.13 a). Users use seed
portions of quartz wafers for devices. They request quartz wafers with less etch channels

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in seeds to reduce defects of devices. The classification of etch channels in seed may
prompt a rise in quartz wafer quality.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
49/1144/CDV 49/1170/RVC

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INTRODUCTION
A variety of piezoelectric materials are used for surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter and
resonator applications. Prior to an IEC meeting in 1996 in Rotterdam, wafer specifications
were typically negotiated between users and suppliers. During this meeting, a proposal was
announced to address wafer standardization. This standard has been prepared in order to
provide industry standard technical specifications for manufacturing piezoelectric single
crystal wafers to be used in surface acoustic wave devices.

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SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFERS FOR SURFACE
ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) DEVICE APPLICATIONS –
SPECIFICATIONS AND MEASURING METHODS



1 Scope
This document applies to the manufacture of synthetic quartz, lithium niobate (LN), lithium
tantalate (LT), lithium tetraborate (LBO), and lanthanum gallium silicate (LGS) single crystal
wafers intended for use as substrates in the manufacture of surface acoustic wave (SAW)
filters and resonators.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
IEC 60758:2016, Synthetic quartz crystal – Specifications and guidelines for use
ISO 2859-1: 1999, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes – Part 1: Sampling
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1 Single crystals for SAW wafer
3.1.1
as-grown synthetic quartz crystal
right-handed or left-handed single crystal quartz grown hydrothermally
Note 1 to entry: The term “as-grown” indicates a state prior to mechanical fabrication.
Note 2 to entry: See IEC 60758 for further information concerning crystalline quartz.
3.1.2
lithium niobate
LN
single crystals approximately described by chemical formula LiNbO , grown by Czochralski
3
(crystal pulling from melt) or other growing methods
3.1.3
lithium tantalate
LT
single crystals approximately described by chemical formula LiTaO , grown by Czochralski
3
(crystal pulling from melt) or other growing methods

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3.1.4
lithium tetraborate
LBO
single crystals described by the chemical formula to Li B O , grown by Czochralski (crystal
2 4 7
pulling from melt), vertical Bridgman, or other growing methods
3.1.5
lanthanum gallium silicate
LGS
single crystals described by the chemical formula to La Ga SiO , grown by Czochralski
3 5 14
(crystal pulling
...

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