CMOS-NEMS Copper Switches Monolithically Integrated Using a 65 nm CMOS Technology

This work demonstrates the feasibility to obtain copper nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) relays using a commercial complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology (ST 65 nm) following an intra CMOS-MEMS approach. We report experimental demonstration of contact-mode nano-electromechanical switc...

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Autores: Munoz-Gamarra, Jose Luis|||0000-0003-3213-0558, Uranga del Monte, Aránzazu|||0000-0002-3593-4060, Barniol i Beumala, Núria|||0000-0001-6325-2166
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:167678
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/167678
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/mi7020030
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CMOS-NEMS
NEMS
NEMS switch
Copper switch
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Sumario:This work demonstrates the feasibility to obtain copper nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) relays using a commercial complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology (ST 65 nm) following an intra CMOS-MEMS approach. We report experimental demonstration of contact-mode nano-electromechanical switches obtaining low operating voltage (5.5 V), good ION/IOFF (103) ratio, abrupt subthreshold swing (4.3 mV/decade) and minimum dimensions (3.50 µm x 100 nm x 180 nm, and gap of 100 nm). With these dimensions, the operable Cell area of the switch will be 3.5 µm (length) x 0.2 µm (100 nm width + 100 nm gap) = 0.7 µm2 which is the smallest reported one using a top-down fabrication approach.