• DocumentCode
    2391440
  • Title

    Characterization and modeling of an electro-thermal MEMS atructure

  • Author

    Szabó, P.G. ; Székely, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron Devices, Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ. (BME), Budapest
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    9-11 April 2008
  • Firstpage
    350
  • Lastpage
    354
  • Abstract
    Thermal functional circuits are an interesting and perspectivic group of the MEMS elements. A practical realization is called quadratic transfer characteristic (QTC) element which driving principle is the Seebeck-effect. In this paper we present the analyses of a QTC element from different perspectives. To check the real behaviour of the device, we measured a few, secondary properties of the structure which correspond to special behaviour because these properties can not be easily derived from the main characteristics.
  • Keywords
    Seebeck effect; micromechanical devices; thermoelectric devices; QTC element; Seebeck effect; electro-thermal MEMS structure modeling; quadratic transfer characteristic; thermal functional circuits; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Circuit testing; Electron devices; Micromechanical devices; Power generation economics; Resistance heating; Resistors; SPICE; Scanning electron microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, 2008. MEMS/MOEMS 2008. Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-35500-006-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DTIP.2008.4753016
  • Filename
    4753016