MEASUREMENT OF THE NONLINEAR ELASTICITY OF DOPED BULK-MODE MEMS RESONATORS

Yushi Yang, Eldwin J. Ng, Vu A. Hong, Chang-Nam Ahn, Y. Chen, E. Ahadi, M. I. Dykman, Thomas W. Kenny

2014 Solid-State, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop Technical Digest · 2014 · 22 citations · 9 references

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In this paper, we present measurements of the nonlinear amplitudefrequency (A-f) coefficients for three types of bulk-mode silicon MEMS resonators with different doping type and concentration. Our experimental results clearly show a strong dependence of the nonlinearity character on the orientation, doping level, and vibrational mode shape. These results indicate that the doping can have a significant impact on the character and strength of the elastic nonlinearities in MEMS devices.

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