Fully compliant tensural bistable micromechanisms (FTBM)

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1223-1235

  Wilcox, Daniel L ^a,b   Howell, Larry L ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistable mechanisms; Compliant mechanisms; On chip actuation

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROACTUATORS; MICROMACHINING; OPTIMIZATION;

BISTABLE MECHANISMS; COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ON-CHIP ACTUATION;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 29244432496     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2005.859089     Document Type: Article

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