標題: | A two-way membrane-type micro-actuator with continuous deflections |
作者: | Hsu, CP Hsu, WS 機械工程學系 Department of Mechanical Engineering |
公開日期: | 1-九月-2000 |
摘要: | This paper presents design, simulation, fabrication, and testing of a novel two-way micro-membrane actuator able to deflect in both upward and downward directions with continuous deflections. The design concept, to realize two-way continuous movement, is achieved by arranging different bimorph structures at different regions of the actuator with two kinds of boundary conditions. The actuator comprises of a square membrane with four bimorph beams and one central bimorph plate on it. The material (e.g. aluminum) on the top layer of the bimorph beams and plate has a larger thermal expansion coefficient than the material (e.g. silicon dioxide) of the membrane. The driving voltages in the two operating modes are both less than 3.5 V at about 350 mW maximum power consumption for an 1 mm(2) membrane actuator. The upward and downward deflections achieved up to 50 and 15 mu m with maximum simulated temperatures less than 420 and 150 degrees C, respectively. A finite-element model is built to simulate the thermal mechanical behaviors that are compared with the experimental results. The design parameters influencing the deflections of the actuator are also discussed. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/10/3/313 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/30318 |
ISSN: | 0960-1317 |
DOI: | 10.1088/0960-1317/10/3/313 |
期刊: | JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 3 |
起始頁: | 387 |
結束頁: | 394 |
顯示於類別: | 期刊論文 |