• DocumentCode
    3423019
  • Title

    MEMS reliability: metrology set-up for investigation of fatigue causes

  • Author

    Millet, Olivier ; Blanrue, Olivier ; Legrand, Bernard ; Collard, Dominique ; Buchaillot, Lionel

  • Author_Institution
    DELFM EMS, IEMN, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    30 Jan.-3 Feb. 2005
  • Firstpage
    483
  • Lastpage
    486
  • Abstract
    This paper deals with the investigation of the fatigue causes for polycrystalline structural layers. Metrology is set-up to understand the fatigue phenomenon for polycrystalline materials by targeting the failure mechanisms causes and locations. The tested structures are clamped-clamped beams. It is shown that fatigue is caused by grain modifications near microbridge clamped-ends.
  • Keywords
    fatigue; mechanical variables measurement; micromechanical devices; reliability; MEMS reliability; clamped-clamped beams; failure mechanism causes; failure mechanism locations; fatigue causes investigation; grain modifications; metrology; microbridge clamped-ends; polycrystalline structural layers; Aging; Commercialization; Electrodes; Fatigue; Microelectronics; Micromechanical devices; Predictive models; Silicon; Temperature; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2005. MEMS 2005. 18th IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1084-6999
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8732-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2005.1453972
  • Filename
    1453972