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cantilever bending problem ?
2005-04-18
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cantilever bending problem ?
Behraad Bahreyni
2005-04-18
Hi Ramesh,

   From what you described, I think stiction is your problem: when you
"wash" the sacrificial layer away, the liquid trapped underneath your
beams will bend them down as you reduce the amount of the solvent (by
evaporation, in a vacuum chamber, etc.
   This is an old problem in MEMS. Typical solutions are adding dimples
to your to-be-released structures or using a critical-point drying
system. Try to do a literature search on "stiction in MEMS".

   Good luck,
   Behraad

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