2025 SMSI Bannerklein

OT1.20 - Acoustic Transmission Measurements of Folded MEMS Membranes for Mechanical Characterization

Event
EUROSENSORS XXXVI
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-04
Debrecen (Hungary)
Band
Lectures
Chapter
OT1 - Theory, Modelling, Design and Testing
Author(s)
D. Becker, M. Littwin, A. Bittner, A. Dehé - Hahn-Schickard, Villingen-Schwenningen (Germany)
Pages
25 - 26
DOI
10.5162/EUROSENSORSXXXVI/OT1.20
ISBN
978-3-910600-03-4
Price
free

Abstract

Three-dimensional folded membranes are set to innovate MEMS designs for acoustic transducers by using lateral movement to increase their active area. Determination of the mechanical characteristics of such membranes is challenging, since established techniques mainly target in-plane structures. This paper presents an acoustic method to determine the mechanical compliances of such folded membranes. The results show compliances between 0.08∙10-15 and 10∙10-15 m3/Pa for different mem-brane lengths.

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