Laterally Driven Polysilicon Resonant Microstructures
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چکیده
Interdigitated finger (comb) structures are demonstrated to be effective for exciting electrostatically the resonance of polysilicon microstructures parallel to the plane of the substrate. Linear plates suspended by a folded-cantilever truss and torsional plates suspended by spiral and serpentine springs are fabricated from a 2/~m-thick phosphorus-doped low-pressure chemical-vapordeposited (LPCVD) polysilicon film. Resonance is observed visually, with frequencies ranging from 18 kHz to 80 kHz and quality factors from 20 to 130. Simple beam theory is adequate for calculating the resonance frequencies, using a Young's modulus of 140 GPa and neglecting residual strain in the released structures.
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