Title :
Wine-Glass Mode Micro-Mechanical Resonator
Author :
Ikoma, Kazuya ; Okazaki, Masanobu ; Esahi, Masayoshi
Author_Institution :
Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co.Ltd., Sayama
Abstract :
This paper reports on the fabrication and measurement of a wine-glass mode micro-mechanical resonator by using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer. We used single crystal Si for disk resonator and poly-Si for electrodes. The thickness and the radius of the disk resonator are 10 mum and 20 mum, respectively. Our resonator shows a resonant frequency of f0=88.5 MHz, a motional resistance of Rx=8.3 MOmega and a quality factor of 5000 in air.
Keywords :
micromechanical resonators; silicon-on-insulator; disk resonator; frequency 88.5 MHz; resistance 8.3 Mohm; silicon-on-insulator wafer; single crystal Si; wine-glass mode micromechanical resonator; Drives; Electrodes; Electrostatics; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Resonator filters; Shape; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors, 2006. 5th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daegu
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0375-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-0395
DOI :
10.1109/ICSENS.2007.355865