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Wireless SAW reflective delay line (R-DL) technology is very powerful to carry out remote measurements of various parameters under harsh environments, while enabling the identification of a given sensor among several of them. However, R-DL technology is currently limited to 350&#x00B0;C for long-term applications, likely because of aluminium electrodes oxidation and/or congruent lithium niobate segregation process. In this study, an innovative alloy, namely NiAl, is investigated as an alternative to Al to make R-DLs able to withstand high temperatures up to 500&#x00B0;C on the long term. Indeed, NiAl gathers, in the bulk state, all the necessary properties (fairly low electrical resistivity and density, high melting temperature and resistance to oxidation). The study also examines the extent of the congruent LiNbO 3  segregation process, to determine its impact on the NiAl/LiNbO 3  R-DLs performances. The obtained results are very promising. NiAl electrodes self-passivate during the first 50h of annealing at 500&#x00B0;C: 20 nm-thick Al 2 O 3  layers form at the surface and in between the electrodes and the substrate, protecting the remaining NiAl layer from further oxidation. Besides, the segregation process occurs mainly in the same time. It is located in the first 150-200 nm of the substrate. Both phenomena have no significant impact on the performance of NiAl/LiNbO 3  R-DLs working at 433 MHz. Continuous in-situ electrical monitoring of such devices shows a standard deviation of the operating frequency of only 1.04 ppm during an annealing process of 250h at 500&#x00B0;C. Moreover, the time-resolved S11 response of the device at the end of this treatment is not degraded at all. Thus, 433 MHz NiAl/LiNbO 3  R-DL sensors can operate with high fidelity for at least 10 days at 500&#x00B0;C under air atmosphere, and there are strong signs that their lifetime is actually much longer.

Innovative NiAl Electrodes for Long Term, Intermediate High Temperature SAW sensing applications using LiNbO 3 substrates