Reliability Characterization of MEMS Materials

This review describes the testing,analyzing,and evaluating methods for the mechanical reliability of MEMS materials,which has much more importance on the commercialization of MEMS devices that has tiny mechanical structures. The reliability of silicon,the most often used materials as structure in MEMS,is also summarized.

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