Abstract
Undesirable adhesion in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is referred to as stiction and is a principal failure mechanism in surface-micromachined MEMS devices. Previous investigations demonstrated repairing stiction-failed polycrystalline silicon MEMS structures released from isopropyl alcohol (IPA) using Nd:YAG laser irradiation and predicting the laser repair process using a thermomechanical model. The current paper reports the effectiveness of the laser repair process and corresponding thermomechanical model predictions for microcantilevers that have failed during four release treatments: water, IPA, octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS), and supercritical CO/sub 2/ drying. Model predictions and experimental measurements of the laser repair process are also provided for MEMS devices that failed due to contact during electrostatic actuation. The results indicate that the laser repair process is very effective for both failure modes and that the thermomechanical model predicts the laser repair of microcantilevers that failed during release much better than for microcantilevers that failed due to subsequent contact.
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