Reliability issue related to dielectric charging in capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers: A review

J Munir, Q Ain, HJ Lee - Microelectronics Reliability, 2019 - Elsevier
The long-term reliability of MEMS devices related to the dielectric charging phenomenon is
one of the main hurdles in the commercialization of these devices. This paper presents a …

A Novel Lamé Mode RF-MEMS resonator with high quality factor

Z Chen, T Wang, Q Jia, J Yang, Q Yuan, Y Zhu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a high-performance Lamé mode resonator with high Q values. The
anchor loss and thermoelastic damping (TED) were effectively decreased with the optimized …

Anchor loss reduction for square-extensional mode MEMS resonator using tethers with auxiliary structures

W Chen, W Jia, Y Xiao, G Wu - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a new approach by introducing auxiliary structures in the tethers of a
microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator is presented to reduce anchor loss. A …

Dielectric charging induced drift in micro device reliability-a review

W Zhou, J He, X He, H Yu, B Peng - Microelectronics reliability, 2016 - Elsevier
The movement or migration of charges in dielectric materials like silicon oxide, silicon nitride
and glass, is recognized as one of the most significant causes of drift instability of MEMS …

Modeling rf mems devices

K Van Caekenberghe - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The term radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) refers to electronic
devices with a moving submillimeter-sized part (beam, comb, disc, or ring), which provide …

Phase sensitive absolute amplitude detection of surface vibrations using homodyne interferometry without active stabilization

L Lipiäinen, K Kokkonen, M Kaivola - Journal of Applied Physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
A detection scheme for obtaining phase and absolute amplitude information of surface
vibrations on microacoustic components using homodyne laser interferometry is described …

Optical knife-edge displacement measurement with sub-picometer resolution for RF-MEMS

VJ Gokhale, JJ Gorman - Journal of Microelectromechanical …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The optical knife-edge displacement measurement technique can be used to quantify in-
plane vibrations of microstructures at radio frequencies. This paper presents an analytical …

A novel high-Q Lamé mode bulk acoustic resonator

Z Wu, B Niu, Y Hong, J Zhao, Y Zhu, J Yang - Microelectronic Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
This study introduces a novel high-Q Lamé mode MEMS resonator, optimized through
support beam structures and etching hole distributions to minimize anchor losses and …

[HTML][HTML] Design and development of an electronic sensor to detect and measure curvature of spaces using curvature energy

F Bulnes, I Martinez, A Mendoza, M Landa - 2012 - scirp.org
Using fine electromagnetic signals to measure observables of other fields like curvature and
torsion of a space, and the corresponding value of their integrals of the action of perception …

Thermoelastic dissipation in etch-hole filled Lamé bulk-mode silicon microresonators

C Tu, JEY Lee - IEEE electron device letters, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The perforation of a Lamé bulk-mode silicon mechanical resonator via uniformly distributed
etch holes has been observed to drastically reduce the quality factor by over 90%. The …