• DocumentCode
    3362435
  • Title

    RF MEMS resonators: Material properties extraction

  • Author

    Nada, Yasseen ; Stoffels, Steve ; Tilmans, Harrie A C ; Hegazi, Emad ; Ragai, Hani F. ; Shaarawi, Amr M.

  • Author_Institution
    American Univ. in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    15-17 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Analytical formula for the resonance frequencies of circular, square, and hexagonal MEMS resonators are extracted based on the analytical model for extensional vibrations of MEMS resonators. Material properties for the MEMS resonators are then extracted based on the analytical formula. Experimental measurement is done to extract the material properties of single crystal silicon MEMS resonators to verify the extraction method.
  • Keywords
    micromechanical resonators; microwave materials; RF MEMS resonators; Analytical models; Equations; Material properties; Micromechanical devices; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Resonator filters; Vibrations; Extensional Vibration; Material Properties; Micro-Electro-Mechanical Resonator; Modeling Microsystems; RF MEMS;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design and Test Workshop (IDT), 2009 4th International
  • Conference_Location
    Riyadh
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5748-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IDT.2009.5404127
  • Filename
    5404127