Mesoscopic physics of nanomechanical systems

A Bachtold, J Moser, MI Dykman - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Elastic PMLs for resonator anchor loss simulation

DS Bindel, S Govindjee - International Journal for Numerical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Electromechanical resonators and filters, such as quartz, ceramic, and surface‐acoustic
wave devices, are important signal‐processing elements in communication systems. Over …

High-fidelity modeling of MEMS resonators. Part I. Anchor loss mechanisms through substrate

YH Park, KC Park - Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A computational model is developed for the prediction of wave propagation in the substrate
of a MEMS resonator to study energy loss mechanisms from the vibrating beams to the …

Design of lossless anchors for microacoustic-wave resonators utilizing phononic crystal strips

FC Hsu, JC Hsu, TC Huang, CH Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
In micromechanical acoustic-wave resonators, energy dissipation through the anchors into
the substrates may result in a low quality (Q) factor. To eliminate the ill effect of anchor …

Multi-objective design optimization of electrostatically actuated microbeam resonators with and without parameter uncertainty

M Liu, K Maute, DM Frangopol - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2007 - Elsevier
Electrostatically actuated microbeam resonators are widely used components in
microelectromechanical systems for sensing and signal filtering purposes. Due to the …

A substrate energy dissipation mechanism in in-phase and anti-phase micromachined z-axis vibratory gyroscopes

AA Trusov, AR Schofield, AM Shkel - Journal of Micromechanics …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper analyzes energy dissipation mechanisms in vacuum-operated in-phase and anti-
phase actuated micromachined z-axis vibratory gyroscopes. The type of actuation is …

Review and comparison of different support loss models for micro-electro-mechanical systems resonators undergoing in-plane vibration

B Chouvion, S McWilliam, AA Popov… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Several approaches for calculating support loss in micro-electro-mechanical system
resonators undergoing in-plane vibration are reviewed. In each of them, the support is …

Anchor loss reduction in micro-electro mechanical systems flexural beam resonators using trench hole array reflectors

M Kazemi, S Nabavi, M Gratuze, F Nabki - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The quality factor of microelectromechanical resonators is a crucial performance metric and
has thus been the subject of numerous studies aimed at maximizing its value by minimizing …

Modeling the effect of anchor geometry on the quality factor of bulk mode resonators

DD Gerrard, EJ Ng, CH Ahn, VA Hong… - … Conference on Solid …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High quality factor (Q) resonators are desired for numerous applications such as clocks and
gyroscopes. For bulk acoustic wave resonators, energy dissipation through the anchors (ie …

A semi-analytical tool based on geometric nonlinearities for microresonator design

S Preidikman, B Balachandran - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a computational mechanics model specifically tailored for composite
microresonators with piezoelectric actuation and piezoelectric sensing is developed and …