A parametric dynamic compact thermal model of an electrothermally actuated micromirror

Sagnik Pal*, Huikai Xie

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Abstract

A compact thermal model of a one-dimensional (1D) electrothermally actuated micromirror device is reported. Thermal bimorphs with integrated platinum resistors are used for generating angular rotation. A finite element thermal model is built and validated using thermal imaging data. Using a Krylov subspace-based algorithm, a reduced-order model of order 2 is extracted from the finite element model. The reduced model agrees well with finite element results. A lumped element circuit model is used to explain the second-order thermal response.

Original languageEnglish
Article number065007
JournalJournal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
Volume19
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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