TY - GEN
T1 - Long stroke out-of-plane actuator using combination of electrostatic and pneumatic forces
AU - Kan, Tetsuo
AU - Isozaki, Akihiro
AU - Takahashi, Hidetoshi
AU - Matsumoto, Kiyoshi
AU - Shimoyama, Isao
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - We propose an out-of-plane MEMS actuator with a large stroke length comparable to the size of the actuator itself. The proposed device is actuated by the combined forces of the electrostatic and the pneumatic forces. This combination of two independent forces enlarges a stable area during the actuation, resulting in a large stroke which is difficult to be achieved with only either force. The 3D profiling by the laser scanning microscopy confirmed the largest stroke of 103 μm was obtained with the 150-μm-diameter actuator area with the electric field of 5.8 × 105 V/m (330V between the electrodes) and the air pressure of 2.0 kPa.
AB - We propose an out-of-plane MEMS actuator with a large stroke length comparable to the size of the actuator itself. The proposed device is actuated by the combined forces of the electrostatic and the pneumatic forces. This combination of two independent forces enlarges a stable area during the actuation, resulting in a large stroke which is difficult to be achieved with only either force. The 3D profiling by the laser scanning microscopy confirmed the largest stroke of 103 μm was obtained with the 150-μm-diameter actuator area with the electric field of 5.8 × 105 V/m (330V between the electrodes) and the air pressure of 2.0 kPa.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2014.6765790
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2014.6765790
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84898987342
SN - 9781479935086
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 913
EP - 916
BT - MEMS 2014 - 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 27th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2014
Y2 - 26 January 2014 through 30 January 2014
ER -