Post micromachining of MPW based CMOS�MEMS comb resonator and its mechanical and thermal characterization

Dennis, J.O. and Ahmad, F. and Khir, M.H.B.M. and Hamid, N.H.B. (2016) Post micromachining of MPW based CMOS�MEMS comb resonator and its mechanical and thermal characterization. Microsystem Technologies, 22 (12). pp. 2909-2919.

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Abstract

In recent years micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) based micro resonant sensors have been given a lot of attention due to their potential as a platform for the development of many novel physical, chemical, and biological sensors. That is why this paper covers post processing of the structures fabricated through Multi-Project-Wafer using 0.35 µm MIMOS CMOS technology with particular focus on dry etching of Si and SiO2 from the front side of CMOS�MEMS chip that is optimized using aluminum coated carrier wafer and achieved results are debris free as compared to photoresist coated carrier wafer. The device is etched through from the front side to avoid parasitic capacitances and squeeze film damping by keeping minimum size of the die. The etching of SiO2 as well as deep Si etch-through using the same plasma etcher (SS110A Tegal) is successfully demonstrated in this work. Finally, after the successful post CMOS micromachining of the device, resonance frequency i.e. 8164 Hz and quality factor i.e. 51.34, is determined. The joule heating effect due to the passing of current through the central shuttle of the device is characterized. The maximum temperature close to the anchors of the comb resonator where the piezoresistors are located is determined through temperature coefficient of resistance measurement using PE-4RF type probe station and it is found to be 37.62 °C. © 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Aluminum coatings; Capacitance; CMOS integrated circuits; Composite micromechanics; Micromachining; Photoresists; Resonators; Silicon wafers; Temperature, Joule heating effect; Micro electromechanical system (MEMS); Multi project wafers; Parasitic capacitance; Resonance frequencies; Squeeze-film damping; Temperature coefficient of resistance; Thermal characterization, MEMS
Depositing User: Ms Sharifah Fahimah Saiyed Yeop
Date Deposited: 27 Aug 2021 09:20
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 09:20
URI: http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/25711

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