An in situ heater for a phase-change-material-based actuation system

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Sant, Himanshu J ^a,b   Ho, Tammy ^a   Gale, Bruce K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; ACTUATION TIME; ACTUATOR PERFORMANCE; DOT HEIGHT; IN-SITU; IR CAMERA; MATERIAL-BASED; PERFORMANCE METRICES; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGES; PHASE-CHANGE ACTUATOR; POWER INPUT; POWER USAGE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TECHNOLOGY; PULSED-POWER; RESISTIVE HEATING; THIN FILM HEATERS; VIDEO MICROSCOPE;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; GRAPHITE; HEATING; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77957850579     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/8/085039     Document Type: Article

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