2025 SMSI Bannerklein

PT1.9 - Microbridge Resonators: Reducing Pull-in Voltage with Preserving Resonant Frequency

Event
EUROSENSORS XXXVI
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-04
Debrecen (Hungary)
Band
Poster
Chapter
PT1 - Theory, Modelling, Design and Testing
Author(s)
H. Nazemi, Y. Elnemr, A. Emadi - University of Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
Pages
225 - 226
DOI
10.5162/EUROSENSORSXXXVI/PT1.9
ISBN
978-3-910600-03-4
Price
free

Abstract

This work introduces a unique microbridge resonator topology that is designed and developed to ef-fectively reduce the device pull-in voltage by 16%. An analytical model incorporating the ratio between microbridge length and bottom electrode is presented, and finite element analysis is conducted using COMSOL Multiphysics. The proposed designs are fabricated utilizing a Multi-User MEMS sacrificial process and electrically characterized to demonstrate the approach.

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