!This script was created by Laura Del Tin, Februar 2006. !It creates the ansys model of the electromechanical microresonator !described in: !K.Wang,A-C.Wong,C.T-C.Nguyen,"VHF Free-free beam high-Q micromechanical !resonators",IEEE J.of Microelectromechanical system,vol.9,n.3,September 2000 !Free download at: !http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~ctnguyen/publications.ctnguyen.htm !Parameters names and values are also taken from the article. !The symmetry of the device in both lenght and width direction has been !exploited and only one quarter of the structure has been modeled. /filname,geo,db !*********** geometries parameters ******************** !****************************************************** lr=17.8 ! resonator lenght in um wr=10 ! resonator width in um ls=18.4 ! suspending beam lenght in um ws=1 ! suspending beam width in um we=4.5 h=2.05 ! resonator and beams thickness in um d=0.123 ! dimples thickness in um gap=0.16 ! gap between actuation electrode and bottom of the resonator ld=ws la=3*ws E=150e3 ! Young Modulus dens=2.333 e-15 ! density kg/um3 nu=0.226 ! Poisson ratio eps=8.854e-6 ! free-space permittivity pF/micron Ln1=4 ! node locations Ln2=13.8 !********* mesh parameters ***************** !******************************************* hdiv=4 ! number of elements along structure thickness wrsize=0.5 ! element dimension for resonating beam (both width and lenght) wssize=wrsize ! element dimension for supporting beam width ! (fixed to wrsize to allow for brick meshing) lssize=0.5 ! element dimension for supporting beam (along the lenght) delta=0.01 !*********** element material definitions ************* !****************************************************** /prep7 et,1,solid45 !8 nodes brick mechanical element et,2,mesh200,6 ! area meshing element mp,ex,1,E ! set structural material properties mp,nuxy,1,nu mp,dens,1,dens emunit,epzro,eps ! set electromagnetic units finish !******************** create model ******************** !****************************************************** /prep7 BLOCK,0,-wr/2,0,h,0,-lr/2, !volume 8 resonator BLOCK,-wr/2,-wr/2-ls,0,h,-ln1-ws/2,-ln1+ws/2, !volume 2 support beam BLOCK,-ld/2,0,0,-d,-ln1-ws/2,-ln1+ws/2, !volume 3 dimple BLOCK,-ls-wr/2,-ls-wr/2-la,0,h,-ln1-la/2,-ln1+la/2, !volume 7 anchor BLOCK,-ls-wr/2,-ls-wr/2-la,0,-gap,-ln1-la/2,-ln1+la/2, !volume 6 bottom anchor vglue,all vsel,s,,,all vatt,1,,1 allsel !************ mesh ****************** !************************************ MSHAPE,0,2D MSHKEY,1 lsel,s,,,11 lsel,a,,,23 lsel,a,,,69 lsel,a,,,72 lesize,all,wssize allsel lsel,s,,,2 lsel,a,,,7 lesize,all,wrsize allsel type,2 AMAP,41,8,7,3,1 lsel,s,,,14 lsel,a,,,19 LESIZE,all,lssize allsel lsel,s,,,38 lsel,a,,,43 LESIZE,all,lssize allsel lsel,s,,,24 lsel,a,,,48 lsel,a,,,67 lsel,a,,,68 LESIZE,all,wssize allsel lsel,s,,,26 lsel,a,,,31 lesize,all,wrsize allsel amap,38,32,25,27,31 esize,,hdiv type,2 vsweep,7 vsweep,2 vsweep,8 esize,,2 vsweep,6 vsweep,3 !************ boundary condition ************** !********************************************** asel,s,loc,y,-gap !define anchor component(bottom area of the anchor ! of the structure nsla,s,1 cm,anchor,node allsel nsel,s,loc,y,-d !define dimples component (bottom area of the dimples) cm,dimples,node allsel cmsel,s,anchor ! fix all mechanics d.o.f. of anchor component d,all,ux,0 d,all,uy,0 d,all,uz,0 allsel nsel,s,loc,x,0 ! prescribe symmetry condition for the mechanical structure d,all,ux,0 allsel nsel,s,loc,z,0 d,all,uz,0 allsel nsel,s,loc,x,delta,-wr/2-delta nsel,r,loc,y,0 !select nodes of the resonators that will be nsel,r,loc,z,delta,-we/2-delta !connect to trans126 element cm,trans,node allsel ! creation of trans126 element: ! the electrode will be described by nodes in component "ground" at a distance ! -gap in y direction from the nodes trans. Minimum distance allowed between ! the two sets is (gap-d)/10 emtgen,'trans',,'ground','uy',-gap,(gap-d)/10,,eps cmsel,s,ground d,all,volt,0 d,all,ux,0 ! constrain mechanical d.o.f. of ground node d,all,uy,0 ! and fix potential to 0 d,all,uz,0 allsel tip=node(0,0,0) ! chose the node at the center of the resonator nsel,s,,,tip cm,outnode,node allsel fini