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High Temperature Micro-Hotplates on Porous Silicon Substrates

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Abstract

Standard structures for micro-hotplate applications are generally thin, often suspended silicon nitride and silicon oxide membranes. These devices only offer limited mechanical stability. More mechanically stable, thicker glass substrates suffer from thermal stability issues at elevated temperatures. We propose the use of thick porous silicon substrates which offer better thermal (i.e. lower) conductivity than silicon nitride almost as low as silica glass, improved mechanical stability, and operation at temperatures comparable to membrane devices. Heater structures have been fabricated on fully porosified silicon wafers and are compared to reference glass and silicon samples.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings Transducers 2013 & Eurosensors XXVII
Subtitle of host publicationThe 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherIEEE
Pages1907-1910
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-4673-5981-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013

Publication series

Name2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013

Fields of science

  • 203017 Micromechanics
  • 202028 Microelectronics
  • 202027 Mechatronics
  • 202036 Sensor systems

JKU Focus areas

  • Mechatronics and Information Processing

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