Analysis and test of a new MEMS micro-actuator

作者:Tian, W. C.*; Chen, Z. Q.; Cao, Y. R.
来源:Microsystem Technologies, 2016, 22(5): 943-952.
DOI:10.1007/s00542-015-2802-2

摘要

A large-deformation and low-voltage micro actuator is proposed in this paper to overcome the problems of high voltage and undersized deformation of electrostatic micro actuator. The principle of the proposed actuator is based on vertical-horizontal bending. Dynamic equations of the micro actuator under axial and horizontal loading are built based on Lagrange-Maxwell electromechanical dynamics equations. In addition, the influences of thermal stress, axial electrostatic force and squeezing force are analyzed. Furthermore, the horizontal distributed load and axial load are equivalent to horizontal centralized load based on the Runge-Kutta algorithm and finite difference method. The relationships of deformation with driving voltage, regulation voltage, and axial compression quantity and temperature difference are achieved by simulation. Simulation results show that the deformation of the proposed actuator is as high as 10.861 mu m when the driving voltage is 16 V. The deformation of proposed micro actuator is larger than that of the existing one. Finally, the simulation results are verified by experiment and agree well with experiment results.