TY - GEN A1 - Ruffert, Christine A1 - Schenk, Hermann A. G. A1 - Kaiser, Bert A1 - Ehrig, Lutz A1 - Monsalve Guaracao, Jorge Mario A1 - Langa, Sergiu A1 - Wall, Franziska A1 - Melnikov, Anton A1 - Stolz, Michael A1 - Morsk, Andreas A1 - Schuffenhauer, David A1 - Conrad, Holger A1 - Schenk, Harald T1 - Elektrostatischer Gegentakt NED-Aktor für Im-Ohr-µLautsprecher Y1 - 2023 UR - https://publica.fraunhofer.de/entities/publication/af8b72ee-2b53-4478-a964-a9dfb17ac3ad/details U6 - https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-2553 N1 - Im Rahmen der Mittelstandskonferenz 2023 in Berlin präsentiert. ER - TY - GEN A1 - Guaraco, Jorge Mario Monsalve A1 - Langa, Sergiu A1 - Stolz, Michael A1 - Mrosk, Andreas A1 - Kaiser, Bert A1 - Schenk, Harald T1 - Design of micromachines under uncertainty with the sample-average approximation method T2 - Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1299/jamdsm.2024jamdsm0018 SN - 1881-3054 VL - 18 (2024) IS - 2 PB - Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers ER - TY - GEN A1 - Melnikov, Anton A1 - Schenk, Hermann A. G. A1 - Monsalve Guaracao, Jorge Mario A1 - Wall, Franziska A1 - Stolz, Michael A1 - Mrosk, Andreas A1 - Langa, Sergiu A1 - Kaiser, Bert T1 - Coulomb-actuated microbeams revisited: experimental and numerical modal decomposition of the saddle-node bifurcation T2 - Microsystems & Nanoengineering N2 - Electrostatic micromechanical actuators have numerous applications in science and technology. In many applications, they are operated in a narrow frequency range close to resonance and at a drive voltage of low variation. Recently, new applications, such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microspeakers (µSpeakers), have emerged that require operation over a wide frequency and dynamic range. Simulating the dynamic performance under such circumstances is still highly cumbersome. State-of-the-art finite element analysis struggles with pull-in instability and does not deliver the necessary information about unstable equilibrium states accordingly. Convincing lumped-parameter models amenable to direct physical interpretation are missing. This inhibits the indispensable in-depth analysis of the dynamic stability of such systems. In this paper, we take a major step towards mending the situation. By combining the finite element method (FEM) with an arc-length solver, we obtain the full bifurcation diagram for electrostatic actuators based on prismatic Euler-Bernoulli beams. A subsequent modal analysis then shows that within very narrow error margins, it is exclusively the lowest Euler-Bernoulli eigenmode that dominates the beam physics over the entire relevant drive voltage range. An experiment directly recording the deflection profile of a MEMS microbeam is performed and confirms the numerical findings with astonishing precision. This enables modeling the system using a single spatial degree of freedom. KW - Engineering KW - NEMS KW - Sensors Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41378-021-00265-y SN - 2055-7434 VL - 7 IS - 1 ER -