A piezoelectric micro-actuator with three dimensional structure and its micro-fabrication

Piezoelectric micro-actuators and motors are promising for applications in various servo control systems, with the potential to provide ultra-precise positioning and compensation. A micro-actuator, which is configured with an "H-shaped" cavity and a pair of high-aspect-ratio parallel beams...

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Main Authors: Peng Gao, Kui Yao, Xiaosong Tang, Xujiang He, Shannigrahi, S., Yaolong Lou, Jian Zhang, Okada, K.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Materials processing
Microactuators
Micromotors
Piezoelectric devices
Piezoelectric films
Prototypes
Servomotors
Servosystems
Silicon
Wafer bonding
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Summary:Piezoelectric micro-actuators and motors are promising for applications in various servo control systems, with the potential to provide ultra-precise positioning and compensation. A micro-actuator, which is configured with an "H-shaped" cavity and a pair of high-aspect-ratio parallel beams, was designed. The micro-actuator with its three dimensional structure is capable of providing in-plane flexibility and out-of-plane stiffness. Appropriate materials processing and batch micro-fabrication schemes were developed to produce the piezoelectric micro-actuator prototypes, involving silicon micro-machining, wafer bonding, and integration of piezoelectric thin films. The performance of the obtained micro-actuator samples was evaluated. The results demonstrate that a combination of silicon micro-fabrication and piezoelectric thin films is a viable approach to developing miniaturized piezoelectric devices with a complex structure.
ISSN:2159-547X
DOI:10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1496516