An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of a Micromirror Under Mixed-Frequency Excitation

Saad Ilyas, Abdallah Ramini, Armando Arpys Arevalo Carreno, Mohammad I. Younis

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Abstract

We present an experimental and theoretical investigation of a micromachined mirror under a mixed-frequency signal composed of two harmonic ac sources. The micromirror is made of polyimide as the main structural layer. The experimental and theoretical dynamics are explored via frequency sweeps in the desired neighborhoods. One frequency is fixed while the other frequency is swept through a wide range to study the dynamic responses. To simulate the behavior of the micromirror, it is modeled as a single degree of freedom system, where the parameters of the model are extracted experimentally. A good agreement is reported among the simulation results and the experimental data. These responses are studied under different frequencies and input voltages. The results show interesting dynamics, where the system exhibits primary resonance and combination resonances of additive and subtractive type. The mixed excitation is demonstrated as a way to increase the bandwidth of the resonator near primary resonance, which can be promising for resonant sensing applications in the effort to increase the signal-noise ratio over extended frequency range.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1124-1131
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Microelectromechanical Systems
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 12 2015

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