Estimation of thermo-elastic damping of vibrations in micro-electro-mechanical systems resonators: finite element modeling

Saulius Kausinis; Karl Y. Yee; Rimantas Barauskas

doi:10.1117/1.JMM.11.3.033005

13 July 2012 Estimation of thermo-elastic damping of vibrations in micro-electro-mechanical systems resonators: finite element modeling

Saulius Kausinis, Karl Y. Yee, Rimantas Barauskas

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Funded by: NATO RTO

Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 033005 (July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMM.11.3.033005

Abstract

The authors investigated finite element (FE) analysis of damped modal vibrations in complex geometries of micro-electromechanical (MEM) resonators. Q-factor values were determined by taking the thermo-elastic damping into account. The basic model created is presented as a system of partial differential equations, which describe the elastic and thermal phenomena in the MEM structure. Mathematically the problem is formulated as a complex eigenvalue problem. Modal properties of square- and ring-shaped bulk-mode MEM resonators were investigated by taking into account the layered structure of the MEM system and the influence of the geometry of the clamping zone. The calculations were performed by employing the COMSOL Multiphysics FE software. The solution method was verified by comparing numerically and analytically obtained damped modal properties of a MEM cantilever resonator.

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Saulius Kausinis, Karl Y. Yee, and Rimantas Barauskas "Estimation of thermo-elastic damping of vibrations in micro-electro-mechanical systems resonators: finite element modeling," Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS 11(3), 033005 (13 July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMM.11.3.033005

Published: 13 July 2012

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