Power MEMS Development

Abstract

This month, we continued fabrication of the Version 3.1 switches on three glass wafers. The fabrication was unsuccessful due to delamination of the sacrificial polymer, which occurred during deposition of the oxynitride structure layer. To address this and other fabrication issues, we redesigned the switch layout that included larger anchor points, gusseted spring connections, switch variations with 2x and 3x increases in the electrostatic electrode size, and a new chip with bench-style circuit-breaker switches.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA542949

Entities

People

  • Drew Hanser
  • John Bumgarner

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Circuit Breakers
  • Contracts
  • Dc-To-Dc Converters
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Films
  • Heat Sinks
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Military Research
  • Physical Sciences
  • Radio Frequency
  • Switches
  • Thin Films

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.