Question: Let's design an electrostatically actuated parallel - plate MEMS tunable capacitor. The capacitance and pull - in voltage are 0 . 1 pF and 1
Let's design an electrostatically actuated parallelplate MEMS tunable capacitor. The capacitance and pullin voltage are pF and volts respectively. The initial gap between the two parallel plates is mu mathrm~m The tunable capacitor consists of a bottom plate fixed on the substrate and a suspended top plate supported by four guided cantilever structures. The material of the two plates is doped polysilicon mathrmEmathrmGPa with a thickness of mu mathrm~m The substrate is silicon coated with mu mathrm~m thick silicon nitride for electrical isolation.
Develop a suitable fabrication process to make the tunable capacitor. Draw a clear crosssection diagram and also include a brief description for each of the major steps only deposition and etching while neglecting the lithography step
Determine proper geometry and dimensions x and y to achieve the required capacitance and pullin voltage.
Determine the required photolithography steps and use LEDIT or other layout software eg Cadence to design the mask layout for the fabrication of the tunable capacitor. Suitable alignment marks should be included in your mask layout.
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