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S&M669 Research Paper Published: 2007 Transverse Electromagnetic Microactuators Using Electroplated Planar Coil Driven by Symmetric Twin Magnets [PDF] Ji-Chul Ryu and Young-Ho Cho (Received September 20, 2006; Accepted February 21, 2007) Keywords: electromagnetic microactuator, radial magnetic field, twin magnets, electroplating
In this paper, we present an electromagnetic microactuator that uses an electroplated copper coil on a p+-silicon diaphragm with symmetric twin magnets. The microactuator generates a vertical motion of the diaphragm using the radial components of the magnetic field on the coil plane. To guide and concentrate the magnetic field in the radial direction, we propose a new microactuator structure with symmetric twin magnets. The microactuator shows values of resonant frequency and quality factor in the ranges of 10.51±0.22 kHz and 46.6±3.3, respectively. The twin magnet microactuator generates the maximum peak-to-peak amplitude of 4.4 µm for an AC rms current of 26.8 mA, showing 2.4 times larger amplitude than the single magnet microactuator.
Corresponding author: Young-Ho ChoCite this article Ji-Chul Ryu and Young-Ho Cho, Transverse Electromagnetic Microactuators Using Electroplated Planar Coil Driven by Symmetric Twin Magnets, Sens. Mater., Vol. 19, No. 2, 2007, p. 107-121. |