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    • ISSN: 1793-8198 (Print)
    • Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Mater. Mech. Manuf.
    • Frequency: Bimonthly
    • DOI: 10.18178/IJMMM
    • Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Ian McAndrew
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Prof. Ian McAndrew
Capitol Technology University, USA
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IJMMM 2014 Vol.2(1): 86-91 ISSN: 1793-8198
DOI: 10.7763/IJMMM.2014.V2.106

Design and Validation of Silicon-on-Insulator Based U Shaped Thermal Microactuator

Vijay Kumar and N. N. Sharma
Abstract—This paper presents design and fabrication of a MEMS thermal actuator using SOI technology. The thermal actuators are used in, micro grippers, micro mirror and switching applications by applying voltage on different contact pads, causing beams with pseudo bimorph characteristics heated, thereby the microactuator can produce lateral motion in plane or out of plane. The narrow or hot arm heats up and expands more than the wide or cold arm deflecting the device toward the cold arm. Thermal actuators are more power efficient than electrostatic actuators. The present work carries the design, fabrication and characterization of the thermal actuator wherein numerical simulation are carried out in COMSOL multiphysics tool and fabrication was done at MUMPS facility MEMSCAP. The simulated results on displacement versus voltage are verified experimentally.

Index Terms—SOI, microactuator, COMSOL, SEM.

The authors are with Nanomaterials and National MEMS Design Center, Mechanical Engineering Department, Birla institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India (e-mail: cirivijaypilani@gmail.com, nitinipun@gmail.com).

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Cite:Vijay Kumar and N. N. Sharma, "Design and Validation of Silicon-on-Insulator Based U Shaped Thermal Microactuator," International Journal of Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 86-91, 2014.

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