Influence of the height of carbon nanotubes on hot switching of Au/Cr-Au/MWCNT contact pairs
Influence of the height of carbon nanotubes on hot switching of Au/Cr-Au/MWCNT contact pairs
Gold coated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) composites have been used for electrical contact surfaces in previous studies. It was shown that the composite could significantly improve switch lifetime, and exhibited potential as a useful contact material for MEMS switches. The reason is attributed to the contribution of the compressibility of the MWCNT forest, which creates a compliant layer under the gold films. In this study, experiments were performed for samples with different heights of MWCNT forests, namely 30 µm, 50 µm and 80 µm. The influence of MWCNT height on the switching behavior and lifetime were studied. An outcome of the work was that the sample with 80 µm height forests showed the longest lifetime, however the composites with 30 µm and 50 µm forest heights showed lower contact resistances, a parameter of high importance for MEMS switch applications.
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3 December 2014
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Liu, Hong, Lewis, Adam P., Pu, Suan-Hui, Jiang, Liudi and McBride, John W.
(2014)
Influence of the height of carbon nanotubes on hot switching of Au/Cr-Au/MWCNT contact pairs.
16th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, Singapore, Singapore.
03 - 05 Dec 2014.
6 pp
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Abstract
Gold coated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) composites have been used for electrical contact surfaces in previous studies. It was shown that the composite could significantly improve switch lifetime, and exhibited potential as a useful contact material for MEMS switches. The reason is attributed to the contribution of the compressibility of the MWCNT forest, which creates a compliant layer under the gold films. In this study, experiments were performed for samples with different heights of MWCNT forests, namely 30 µm, 50 µm and 80 µm. The influence of MWCNT height on the switching behavior and lifetime were studied. An outcome of the work was that the sample with 80 µm height forests showed the longest lifetime, however the composites with 30 µm and 50 µm forest heights showed lower contact resistances, a parameter of high importance for MEMS switch applications.
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Published date: 3 December 2014
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Funded by EPSRC: An Innovatative Eletronics Manufacturing Research Centre (EP/H03014X/1)
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16th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, Singapore, Singapore, 2014-12-03 - 2014-12-05
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Engineering Mats & Surface Engineerg Gp, Mechatronics, Engineering Science Unit
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