Towards the Design of a Temperature-Independent MEMS Resonator Exploiting a Microstructure with Programmable Thermal Expansion
摘要
The decrease of resonant frequency with temperature increase can severely affect the functioning of resonant MEMS if not properly compensated. In this work, we propose a purely mechanical solution to reduce the frequency drift of a MEMS resonator by introducing an eigenstress proportional to the temperature variation. This thermal stress is obtained by incorporating in the resonator a microstructure that is inspired to the unit cell of a thermoelastic metamaterial, designed with a proper coefficient of thermal expansion.