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Mechanical Design and Modeling of MEMS Thermal Actuators for RF Applications free full download 80 pages

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Micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology has shown its bright future in many di?erent fields, especially in space and radio frequency (RF) systems. By using MEMS tech- nology, we can greatly shrink the cost and the footprint of RF circuits since all the o?-chip components such as inductors and capacitors can be fabricated and integrated into a whole single chip at one time. Our research is directed by the purpose of developing more powerful RF components.
This thesis describes an analytical model of a two-hot-arm horizontal thermal actuator at the beginning. The experimental results are provided to prove the accuracy of the analytical model. It then documents the design and model of a bidirectional vertical thermal actuator. This new novel vertical thermal actuator has the ability to bend up and down without any modification, so it is supposed to have twice the amount of deflection than the traditional vertical thermal
R ° actuator. The numerical simulation is done by using commercial software Coventorware . It shows a good agreement with the analytical result. At the end, this thesis documents a new design of multiport switch with a latching mechanism and an improvement of tunable capacitor by using bidirectional vertical thermal actuators.




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SiC MEMS Pressure Sensors: Technology, Applications and Markets
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Silicon carbide (SiC) has been used for many conventional applications that require mechanical and chemical stability at high temperatures. Mechanical stability is defined as the ability of a particular material to preserve its mechanical properties – elasticity, fracture toughness, hardness – at temperatures below and above room temperature. Chemical stability is similarly defined as the ability of a particular material to preserve its composition at temperatures below and above room temperature. For high temperature applications, mechanical properties tend to deteriorate and chemical stability is compromised as corrosion processes occur.


SOI sensors and epitaxial MEMS.

This paper reviews the development of pressure and acceleration sensors using SOL wafers. SOL structures help in high-temperature operation and simplify the fabrication process. MEMS technology and devices studied in the author’s lab are also presented.




MEMS sensors and wireless telemetry for distributed systems

Selectively coated cantilevers are being developed at ORNL for chemical and biological sensing. The sensitivity can exceed that of other electro-mechanical devices as parts-per-trillion detection can be demonstrated for certain species. We are now proceeding to develop systems that employ electrically readable microcantilevers in a standard MEMS process and standard CMOS processes. One of our primary areas of interest is chemical sensing for environmental applications. Towards this end, we are presently developing electronic readout of a mercury-sensitive coated cantilever. In order to field arrays of distributed sensors, a wireless network for data reporting is needed. For this, we are developing on-chip spread-spectrum encoding and modulation circuitry to improve the robustness and security of sensor data in typical interference- and multipath-impaired environments. We have also provided for a selection of distinct spreading codes to serve groups of sensors in a common environment by the application of code-division multiple-access techniques. Most of the RF circuitry we have designed and fabricated in 0.5 µm CMOS has been tested and verified operational to above 1 GHz. Our initial intended operation is for use in the 915 MHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band.




Application of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Ultrasonic Transducer for Flow Metering

Objectives:
(1) Design a small-scale experiment to test the flow sensing potential of Micro-Electro- Mechanical System ultrasonic transducer array (MEMS-UTA) (see Figure 1).
(2) Make use of nu- merical methods to study the interactions between the ultrasonic fields produced by the MEMS-UTA and the turbulent structures in a well-characterized flow field.


Scaling Laws of Microactuators and Potential Applications of Electroactive Polymers in MEMS

Besides the scale factor that distinguishes the various spices fundamentally biological muscles changes little between species indicating a highly optimized system, Electroactive polymer actuators offer the closest resemblance to biological muscles however beside the large actuation displacement these materials are falling short with regards to the actuation force. As improved materials emerging it is becoming necessary to address key issues such as the need for effective electromechanical modeling and guiding parameters in scaling the actuators. In this paper, we will review the scaling laws for three major actuation mechanisms that are of relevance to micro electromechanical systems: electrostatic actuation, magnetic actuation, thermal bimetallic actuation, and piezoelectric actuation.


A MEMS Transducer for Ultrasonic Flaw Detection

Metal structures can fail because of fatigue crack propagation or because of section loss from corrosion. Regular inspection is required to intercept such failures, and in situ sensors would be a superior technology for that purpose. We have designed and fabricated arrays of MEMS capacitive diaphragm transducers and we report on their performance as pulse-echo detectors in direct contact with solids. Our chip is approximately 1-cm square and features nine detectors in a linear array, each detector containing 180 hexagonal diaphragms. Performance of the detector array was studied by bonding the chip to test specimens and applying an ultrasonic pulse using a commercial ultrasonic transducer. One experiment recreates an on-axis excitation in which the pulse arrives uniformly at all detectors, and another experiment recreates an off-axis excitation in which the pulse arrival is delayed from one detector to the next along the length of the array, permitting accurate localization of the source using phased array signal processing. The results establish that MEMS transducers can function successfully as phased array detectors of ultrasonic signals in solids.





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