• DocumentCode
    2368080
  • Title

    Analysis of charge injection processes including ESD in MEMS

  • Author

    Greason, William D.

  • Author_Institution
    Western Ontario Univ., London
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    16-21 Sept. 2007
  • Abstract
    The effect of charge injection due to HBM ESD and triboelectrification in capacitive MEMS structures is analyzed. The results show that as feature size is reduced, the effect remains constant for triboelectrification while ESD injected charge produces a change which is inversely proportional to the square of the gap separation.
  • Keywords
    charge injection; electrostatic discharge; micromechanical devices; triboelectricity; HBM ESD; capacitive MEMS structures; charge injection processes; electrostatic discharge; gap separation; human body model; triboelectrification; Biological system modeling; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Conductors; Electrostatic analysis; Electrostatic discharge; Humans; Microelectromechanical systems; Micromechanical devices; Nanoelectromechanical systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    29th Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium, 2007. EOS/ESD
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-58537-136-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EOSESD.2007.4401742
  • Filename
    4401742