Buckling beam micromechanical memory with on-chip readout

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Roodenburg, D ^a   Spronck, J W ^a   Van Der Zant, H S J ^b   Venstra, W J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI STABLES; BUCKLING BEAMS; BUCKLING LIMITS; CLAMPED BEAMS; MECHANICAL MEMORIES; MICRO MECHANICALS; ON-CHIP READOUTS; POST-BUCKLED BEAMS; RELAXATION EFFECTS; RESISTIVE HEATING; SNAP-THROUGH;

HEATING;

EID: 65549168287     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3129195     Document Type: Article

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