• DocumentCode
    2206177
  • Title

    Design Parameters Optimization Using Process Variations of the Pull-In Voltage for MEMs

  • Author

    Voicu, R. ; Tibeica, C. ; Bazu, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. for R&D in Microtechnologies, Bucharest
  • fYear
    0
  • fDate
    0-0 0
  • Firstpage
    244
  • Lastpage
    247
  • Abstract
    Probability density function for the pull-in voltage of the electrostatically actuated micro-bridges due to variations of some dimensional parameters was estimated using Monte Carlo approach. Variations of the pull-in voltage were analyzed in order to find out optimum design parameters taking into account the given process variations in manufacturing micro-bridge structures
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; electrostatic actuators; micromechanical devices; MEMS; Monte Carlo approach; microbridge structures; probability density function; process variation; pull-in voltage; Bridge circuits; Design optimization; Electrodes; Gold; Microelectromechanical devices; Micromechanical devices; Monte Carlo methods; Parameter estimation; Probability density function; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microelectronics, 2006 25th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Belgrade
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0117-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMEL.2006.1650942
  • Filename
    1650942