Abstract
This paper focuses on studying the effect of increasing the ambient temperature up to 160 °C on the power harvested by an MEMS piezoelectric micro-cantilever manufactured using an aluminum nitride-on-silicon fabrication process. An experimental study shows that the peak output power decreases by 60% to 70% depending on the input acceleration. A theoretical study establishes the relationship of all important parameters with temperature and includes them into a temperature-dependent model. This model shows that around 50% of the power drop can be explained by a decreasing quality factor, and that thermal stresses account for around 30% of this decrease.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1216-1225 |
Journal | Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 31 Jul 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2017 |