A loss mechanism study of a very high Q silicon micromechanical oscillator

@article{citeulike:699191, abstract = {The room-temperature quality factors of silicon micromechanical oscillators have been investigated by scanning laser vibrometry. One of the flexural modes has very little attachment loss to its environment, which enables us to study internal loss mechanisms. After several consecutive annealing steps up to 800\ \ \°C, the quality factor Q has increased from 8\×104 to 6.0\×105. However, the Q decays to 1.4\×105 over six months in air. We conclude that near-surface lattice defects caused by reactive-ion etching and surface adsorbates are the main source of internal loss while surface adsorbates are responsible for the time dependence. We also discuss the thermoelastic limit in terms of Zener's theory and flexural modal components of thin plates with vibratory volume change, and compare it with our results.}, author = {Liu, Xiao and Vignola, J. F. and Simpson, H. J. and Lemon, B. R. and Houston, B. H. and Photiadis, D. M. }, citeulike-article-id = {699191}, doi = {10.1063/1.1819980}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics}, keywords = {damping, plates, thermoelasticity}, number = {2}, posted-at = {2006-06-17 15:41:43}, priority = {3}, publisher = {AIP}, title = {A loss mechanism study of a very high Q silicon micromechanical oscillator}, url = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal\&id=JAPIAU000097000002023524000001\&idtype=cvips\&gifs=yes}, volume = {97}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:699191 TI - A loss mechanism study of a very high Q silicon micromechanical oscillator JF - Journal of Applied Physics VL - 97 IS - 2 PB - AIP N2 - The room-temperature quality factors of silicon micromechanical oscillators have been investigated by scanning laser vibrometry. One of the flexural modes has very little attachment loss to its environment, which enables us to study internal loss mechanisms. After several consecutive annealing steps up to 800  °C, the quality factor Q has increased from 8×104 to 6.0×105. However, the Q decays to 1.4×105 over six months in air. We conclude that near-surface lattice defects caused by reactive-ion etching and surface adsorbates are the main source of internal loss while surface adsorbates are responsible for the time dependence. We also discuss the thermoelastic limit in terms of Zener's theory and flexural modal components of thin plates with vibratory volume change, and compare it with our results. KW - damping KW - plates KW - thermoelasticity AU - Liu, Xiao AU - Vignola, JF AU - Simpson, HJ AU - Lemon, BR AU - Houston, BH AU - Photiadis, DM PY - 2005/// UR - http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JAPIAU000097000002023524000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes ER -