Abstract
A microcantilever actuated by 2.5-mm-thick lead zirconate titanate (PZT) film was fabricated by a bulk silicon micromachining technique and a sol-gel route. The results show that the fundamental resonant frequency is 199.63 kHz, which is similar to the theoretical result. The mechanical quality factor (Q-factor) is 799 even under standard atmospheric pressure condition. According to the analysis of energy dissipation mechanism, the PZT thick film can improve the Q-factor of the resonator due to the great effective elastic modulus and the "hard" property. These results imply that the PZT thick film could have a promising application in high Q-factor microelectromechanical devices.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 65-69 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Kuei Suan Jen Hsueh Pao/Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Lead zirconate titanate
- Mechanical quality factor
- Microcantilever
- Thick film
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