• DocumentCode
    3376861
  • Title

    Exceptional Wear Resistance of MEMS Devices Coated with Carbon-Doped Alumina Films

  • Author

    Carraro, C. ; Chinn, J. ; Kobrin, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Chemical Engineering and Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Tel: +1-510-643-8209; E-mail: carraro@yahoo.com
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    10-14 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1319
  • Lastpage
    1320
  • Abstract
    Wear test polysilicon MEMS microstructures coated with a nanometer-thin layer of carbon-rich alumina exhibit the highest time-to-failure documented to date for hard lubricating coatings.
  • Keywords
    Actuators; Coatings; Microelectromechanical devices; Micromechanical devices; Microstructure; Silicon; Solid state circuits; Temperature; Testing; Wearable sensors; MEMS; coatings; reliability; wear;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, 2007. TRANSDUCERS 2007. International
  • Conference_Location
    Lyon, France
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0842-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0842-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300382
  • Filename
    4300382