Electroceramic-Based MEMS Fabrication-Technology and Applications [Paperback]

Applications and Devices.- MEMS-Based Thin Film and Resonant Chemical Sensors.- Microactuators Based on Thin Films.- Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers and Acoustic Sensors Based on Piezoelectric Thin Films.- Thick-Film Piezoelectric and Magnetostrictive Devices.- Micromachined Infrared Detectors Based on Pyroelectric Thin Films.- RF Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators and Filters.- High Frequency Tuneable Devices Based on Thin Ferroelectric Films.- MEMS for Optical Functionality.- Materials, Fabrication-Technology, and Functionality.- Ceramic Thick Films for MEMS.- Thin Film Piezoelectrics for MEMS.- Science and Technology of High Dielectric Constant Thin Films and Materials Integration for Application to High Frequency Devices.- Permittivity, Tunability and Loss in Ferroelectrics for Reconfigurable High Frequency Electronics.- Microfabrication of Piezoelectric MEMS.- Non-Conventional Micro- and Nanopatterning Techniques for Electroceramics.- Low-Cost Patterning of Ceramic Thin Films.

The book is focused on the use of functional oxide and nitride films to enlarge the application range of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), including micro-sensors, micro-actuators, transducers, and electronic components for microwaves and optical communications systems. Applications, emerging applications, fabrication technology and functioning issues are presented and discussed. The book covers the following topics:

Part A: Applications and devices with electroceramic-based MEMS:

Chemical microsensors

Microactuators based on thin films

Micromachined ultrasonic transducers

Thick-film piezoelectric and magnetostrictive devices

Pyroelectric microsystems

RF bulk acoustic wave resonators and filters

High frequency tunable devices

MEMS for optical functionality

Part B: Materials, fabrication technl%