• DocumentCode
    1879267
  • Title

    Analysis and Experiment of Diaphragm Deflection By a Shear Mode PZT Actuator in Microfluidic Application

  • Author

    Chen, Shih-Chang ; Cheng, Chiang-Ho ; Lin, Yi-Cheng

  • Author_Institution
    National Changhua University of Education, TAIWAN
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    2006
  • Firstpage
    762
  • Lastpage
    765
  • Abstract
    A novel actuating design that uses the shear deformation of a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) actuator to deflect the diaphragm is proposed and applied to the microfluidic system. The analytical close-form solutions for the deflection and sweep volume of the diaphragm without fluid load are derived. The results are compared with numerical solutions and verified by experiments, which reveals acceptable agreement. The application of this design is realized in a micropump or a microdroplet ejector.
  • Keywords
    Actuators; Bonding forces; Microfluidics; Micropumps; Microstructure; Polarization; Pumps; Silicon; Titanium compounds; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2006. MEMS 2006 Istanbul. 19th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Istanbul, Turkey
  • ISSN
    1084-6999
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9475-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2006.1627911
  • Filename
    1627911