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 parallel-plate MEMS tunable capacitor. The capacitance and pull-in voltage are 0.1 pF and 10 volts respectively. The initial gap between the two parallel plates is \(3\mu \mathrm{~m}\). 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 (\(\mathrm{E}=120\mathrm{GPa}\)) with a thickness of \(1.5\mu \mathrm{~m}\). The substrate is silicon coated with \(0.5\mu \mathrm{~m}\) thick silicon nitride for electrical isolation.
(1) Develop a suitable fabrication process to make the tunable capacitor. Draw a clear cross-section diagram and also include a brief description for each of the major steps (only deposition and etching while neglecting the lithography step).
(2) Determine proper geometry and dimensions (\( x \) and \( y \)) to achieve the required capacitance and pull-in voltage.
(3) Determine the required photolithography steps and use LEDIT or other layout software (e.g., Cadence) to design the mask layout for the fabrication of the tunable capacitor. Suitable alignment marks should be included in your mask layout.
Let's design an electrostatically actuated

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