| Title |
Measurements of the Mechanical Properties of Electroplated Gold Microstructure |
| Authors |
백창욱(Baek, Chang-Wong) ; 김용권(Kim, Yong-Kweon) ; 안유민(Ahn, Yoo-Min) |
| Keywords |
Young's modulus ; residual stress ; stress gradient ; electroplated gold ; resonance frequency |
| Abstract |
Mechanical properties of electroplated gold microstructures were determined from the micromachined beam structures. Cantilever and bridge beam structures of different length were fabricated by electroplating-surface micromachining technique, which is specially designed to realize an anchor structure close to an ideal fixed-boundary condition. Fabricated beams were electrostatically excited and their resonance frequencies were measured by optical system composed of laser displacement meter with dynamic signal analyzer. Young's modulus and mean residual stress were calculated from the measured frequencies of microbeams. In addtion, stress gradient was measured using deformation of released cantilever beam structure. |