2005 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Mechanical Properties of Micromachined Structures
verfasst von : Harold Kahn
Erschienen in: Nanotribology and Nanomechanics
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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To be able to accurately design structures and make reliability predictions, in any field it is necessary first to know the mechanical properties of the materials that make up the structural components. In the fields of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) MEMSand nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), nanoelectromechanical systemsthe devices are necessarily very small. The processing techniques and microstructures of the materials in these devices may differ significantly from bulk structures. Also, the surface-area-to-volume ratio in these structures is much higher than in bulk samples, and so the surface properties become much more important. In short, it cannot be assumed that mechanical properties measured using bulk specimens will apply to the same materials when used in MEMS and NEMS. This chapter will review the techniques that have been used to determine the mechanical properties of micromachined structures, especially residual stress, strength, and Young’s modulus. The experimental measurements that have beenperformed will then be summarized, in particular the values obtained for polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon).