Improvements To Micro Contact Performance And Reliability

Abstract

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) based devices, and specifically microswitches, continue to offer many advantages over competing technologies. To realize the benefits of micro-switches, improvements must be made to address performance and reliability shortfalls which have long been an issue with this application. To improve the performance of these devices, the micro-contacts used in this technology must be understood to allow for design improvements, and offer a means for testing to validate this technology and determine when such improvements are ready for operational environments. To build devices which are more robust and capable of continued operation after billions of cycles requires that improved fabrication techniques be identified and perfected to allow for more sophisticated designs to be tested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 2016
Accession Number
AD1032060

Entities

People

  • Tod V Laurvick

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Air Force
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Fabrication
  • Gray Scale
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems