Authors: Mohammad Hossein Zarifi Mojgan Daneshmand
Publish Date: 2014/10/19
Volume: 21, Issue: 11, Pages: 2455-2462
Abstract
This paper reports the design simulation and fabrication of a micromechanical square shape resonators fabricated in single crystal silicon using a silicon on isolator wafer Two different types of excitation for square shape resonators were used to stimulate Lame mode and square mode of resonance The fabricated devices were studied under different bias voltage and in air at room temperature The highest quality factor measured for the Lame mode resonator was 11121 and for the square mode was 9120 for square mode at 317 and 401 MHz under the 80 V DC bias voltage across 15 μm actuation gap It has been shown that by adding raggedy edge the coupling capacitor has increased Mass detection capabilities of these resonators were also investigated by adding an extra layer of gold Frequency and quality factor variation was observed for each of the fabricated resonators Adding a mass of 76 pgr leads to resonance frequency shift of 31 kHz in Lame mode structure In this experiment quality factor drop was observed because of continues film layer of gold metal with a thickness of 100 nm
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