Measurements on mechanical properties of boron-doped silicon materials for micro inertia sensor

Liu Haipeng*, Gao Shiqiao, Niu Shaohua, Jin Lei

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Abstract

The capacitive structure of comb capacitive micromachined gyroscope is a kind of important structure. The mechanical properties of micro inertia sensor material had changed when the structures experienced high temperature boron diffusion, lithography and etching et.al. micromachined process. Therefore, it is necessary to measure the basic mechanical properties of boron-doped material in order to supply exact material parameters for design and fabrication of micro inertia sensor. With the rapid development of measurement technologies, the nano indentation technology had become an ideal method to obtain the mechanical properties of MEMS structures material accurately. We obtained the elastic modulus and hardness of heavy boron-doped silicon material using nano indenter. The experimental results showed that the elastic modulus and hardness of heavy boron-doped silicon material had increased comparing with the silicon material.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICEMI 2009 - Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments
Pages2174-2179
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event9th International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments, ICEMI 2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 16 Aug 200919 Aug 2009

Publication series

NameICEMI 2009 - Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments, ICEMI 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period16/08/0919/08/09

Keywords

  • Comb capacitive structure
  • Elastic modulus
  • Hardness
  • Heavy boron-doped silicon
  • Nano indentation

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