High-Q and CMOS compatible single crystal silicon cantilever with separated on-chip piezoelectric actuator for ultra-sensitive mass detection

  • J. Lu
  • , T. Ikehara
  • , Y. Zhang
  • , T. Mihara
  • , T. Itoh
  • , R. Maeda

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Abstract

A CMOS compatible single-crystal silicon cantilever with on-chip piezoelectric PZT actuator was developed for ultra-sensitive mass detection. Excellent Q-factor of 1113, which is several times higher than latest reported Q-factor of integrated micro cantilevers, was sucessfully achieved by seperating the piezoelectric actuator from the resonant structure to reduce intrinsic energy dissipation in PZT film. A piezoresistive Wheatstone-bridge gauge was integrated to detect the resonant frequency of the cantilever for better impedence matching with electric circuits. The proposed structure exhibits potential applications in parallel sensor system or networked sensor technology with sub-femtogram level resolution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMEMS 2008 Tucson - 21st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
Pages665-668
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event21st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2008 Tucson - Tucson, AZ, United States
Duration: 13 Jan 200817 Jan 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
ISSN (Print)1084-6999

Conference

Conference21st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2008 Tucson
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTucson, AZ
Period13/01/0817/01/08

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