This study develops a continuous model to analyze the ‘pull-in’ effect in the circular micro-plates used in capacitive-type micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors, actuators and microphones. In developing the model, the governing equation of motion of the deformed plate is established in the form of a partial different equation (PDE) which is then decomposed using the Galerkin method t...

The operational range of electrostatic MEMS parallel plate actuators can be extended beyond pull-in in the presence of an intermediate dielectric layer, which has a significant effect on the behavior of such actuators. Here, we study the behavior of cantilever beam electrostatic actuators beyond pull-in using a beam model along with a dielectric layer. The results from the simple beam model are...

We report the experimental measurement and simulation of the transient electrostatic pull-in characteristics of microstructural beams fabricated with silicon surface micromachining. Pull-in dynamics are investigated under the influence of compressible squeezed-film damping (CSQFD) for large amplitude motion. A linearized one-dimensional model, using a fitted damping constant, and a two-dimensio...

In this paper static and dynamic response of nanotweezers composed of two carbon nanotube (CNT) arms are investigated. Taking into account a continuum model and considering the electrostatic actuation as well as the presence of the van der Waals forces, the static nonlinear equations are solved by a step by step linearization and Galerkin projection method. Simulating the closing dynamics of a ...

A soft switching three-transistor push-pull(TTPP)converter is proposed in this paper. The 3rd transistor is inserted in the primary side of a traditional push-pull converter. Two primitive transistors can achieve zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) easily under a wide load range, the 3rd transistor can also realize zero-voltage-switching assisted by leakage inductance. The rated voltage of the 3rd tra...

A compact dc/ac inverter for automotive is presented and experimented. The proposed inverter consists of fall bridge inverter and a new ZVCS quasi-resonant push pull dc/dc converter. The new dc/dc converter converts input 12 V (from battery) to high voltage (about) 200V at very high conversion efficiency without regulation. The high voltage will be converted to ac at the desired voltage and fre...

This paper investigates the fault detection of a micro parallel plate capacitor subjected to nonlinear electrostatic force. For this end Thau observer, which has good ability in fault detection of nonlinear system has been presented and governing nonlinear dynamic equation of the capacitor has been presented. Upper and lower threshold for fault detection have been obtained. The robustness of th...

The pull-in voltage instability associated with a simple MEMS device, consisting of a thin dielectric elastic membrane supported above a rigid conducting ground plate, is analyzed. The upper surface of the membrane is coated with a thin conducting film. In a certain asymptotic limit representing a thin device, the mathematical model consists of a nonlinear partial differential equation for the ...

In this paper, we propose the design of low power level-converting retention flip-flop (RFF)using LSSR technique for Zigbee System-onchips (SoCs).The proposed retention flip-flop allows the voltage regulator which generates the core supply voltage (VDD, core) is turned off during the standby mode and thus reduces the standby power and dc current of the Zigbee SoCs. This method is the combinatio...