Title :
Nanomechanical Switch Designs to Overcome the Surface Adhesion Energy Limit
Author :
I-Ru Chen ; Chuang Qian ; Yablonovitch, Eli ; Liu, Tsu-Jae King
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
An analytical model is developed to assess the switching energy of a nanomechanical switch. Alternative switch designs are proposed to leverage spring-restoring force to counterbalance surface adhesion force, reducing the depth of the potential energy well created by contact adhesion and thereby overcoming the surface adhesion energy limit.
Keywords :
adhesion; microswitches; contact adhesion; nanomechanical switch designs; potential energy; spring-restoring force; surface adhesion energy limit; surface adhesion force; switching energy; Adhesives; Contacts; Electrodes; Force; Potential energy; Switches; Tunneling; Nanomechanical switch; adhesion; effective spring; tunneling;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2015.2463119
