A self-retracting fully compliant bistable micromechanism

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Masters, Nathan D ^a,b   Howell, Larry L ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Fully compliant bistable micromechanisms; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Switching

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; KINEMATICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SWITCHING;

FULLY COMPLIANT BISTABLE MICROMECHANISMS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 0038548000     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2003.811751     Document Type: Article

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