• DocumentCode
    3046378
  • Title

    Chaos in Electrostatically Actuated RF-MEMS Measured and Modeled

  • Author

    Stulemeijer, J. ; Herfst, R.W. ; Bielen, J.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Epcos SAW, Nijmegen
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    25-29 Jan. 2009
  • Firstpage
    920
  • Lastpage
    922
  • Abstract
    Observation of period doubling bifurcations and chaos in electrostatically actuated RF-MEMS are reported in this paper for the first time. Period doubling, quadrupling and chaotic motion can clearly be observed in the measurement data. A 1D nonlinear device model is fitted to the capacitance versus voltage (C-V) curves and mechanical resonance curve data. The features of the observed bifurcation diagram have been reproduced with the 1D model.
  • Keywords
    bifurcation; electrostatic actuators; 1D nonlinear device; RF-MEMS; chaotic motion; electrostatic actuators; mechanical resonance; period doubling bifurcations; quadrupling motion; Bifurcation; Capacitance; Capacitance-voltage characteristics; Chaos; Electrostatic measurements; Force measurement; Frequency; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Resonance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2009. MEMS 2009. IEEE 22nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • ISSN
    1084-6999
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2977-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1084-6999
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805534
  • Filename
    4805534