Research Article

Modeling the Structural-Thermal-Electrical Coupling in an Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Switch and Its Impact on the Switch Stability

Figure 7

(a) The switch static profile for different uniform temperature variations, and (b) comparison between the static profile of the switch considering a 130°C uniform variation temperature (solid line) and considering the induced temperature variation with °C (dashed line).
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