Coulomb-actuated microbeams revisited: experimental and numerical modal decomposition of the saddle-node bifurcation

Abstract Electrostatic micromechanical actuators have numerous applications in science and technology. In many applications, they are operated in a narrow frequency range close to resonance and at a drive voltage of low variation. Recently, new applications, such as microelectromechanical systems (M...

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Main Authors: Anton Melnikov, Hermann A. G. Schenk, Jorge M. Monsalve, Franziska Wall, Michael Stolz, Andreas Mrosk, Sergiu Langa, Bert Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41378-021-00265-y