Radial Mode Lithium Niobate Rosen Transformer

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate the first two-port radial-mode Rosen transformer based on 36° Y-cut lithium niobate (LN) for piezoelectric power conversion. The device achieves a high transformation ratio (TF) of 16, a high electromechanical coupling factor (k²) of 16.8% and a quality factor (Q) of 2500, yielding an outstanding figure of merit (FoM = Q·k²) of 420. The fabricated transformer features a large effective turns ratio of 16 and delivers an open-circuit voltage gain of 45.56 (unloaded) and 40.57 with a load of 1 MΩ in parallel with 0.1 pF, validating its ability to provide efficient passive voltage amplification. An equivalent circuit model was developed to accurately fit both finite element-simulated and measured admittance spectra, enabling reliable parameter extraction. These results establish LN radial-mode resonators as a promising high-performance, magnetic-less transformer platform.