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1. What is a disadvantage of MEMS? Lower power requirements Greater functionalit

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1. What is a disadvantage of MEMS?

Lower power requirements

Greater functionality per unit space

Accessibility to regions that are forbidden to larger products

In most cases, smaller products should mean lower prices because less material is used

None of the above

2. What is untrue about MEMS-based sensors

A sensor is a device that detects or measures some physical phenomenon such as heat or pressure

Most microsensors are fabricated on a silicon substrate using same processing technologies as those used for integrated circuits

Microsensors have been developed to measure force, pressure, position, speed, acceleration, temperature, flow, and various optical, chemical, environmental, and biological variables

None of the above

All of the above

3. What is untrue about MEMS-based actuators?

An actuator converts a physical variable of one type into another type, and the converted variable usually involves some mechanical action

An actuator causes a change in position or the application of force

Examples of microactuators: valves, positioners, switches, pumps, and rotational and linear motors

All of the above

None of the above

4. MEMS can be fabricated using

LIGA process

Microfabrication

Micromachining

All of the above

None of the above

5. Pressure sensor cannot be designed with

Electrostatic signaling

Electron field emission mechanism

Piezoelectric mechanism

Piezo- resistance mechanism

None of the above

6. What is impossible material choice for MEMS?

Polymer

Silicon

Alumina

Titanium

None of the above

8. If you want to fabricate the following component using negative resist, what will be the right mask?

10. Thickness of photoresist depend on

Viscosity

RPM of spin coater

Wetting properties of substrate

Duration of rotation

None of the above

11. What is the wrong statement?

Wafer prime step is important to clean the substrate

Substrate heating temperature does affect resist thickness

Negative resist can be cleaned with acetone

Prior to develop, resist patterns may be baked

exposure time is less critical in lithography

12. What do you expect in soft bake process?

polymerization, evaporation of solvent, formation of crosslink among resist materials, improvement of adhesion

Oxidation of top layer of resists

Removal of water vapor from resist

Formation of uniform layer by convection air flow in oven

None of the above

For the question 13 through 15, please use the following picture

13. In appropriate exposure (write the picture number such as a, b, c, d,)

14. Over developed

15. Under developed

16.Piezoelectric pressure sensors measure

a. voltage

b. resistance

c. length

d. current

e. nothing, so cannot be used for sensing.

17. MEMS-based diaphragm pressure sensor can be fabricated using

piezoelectric material

piesoresistive material

capacitive based

acoustic wave based

insulator material

18. Thermal properties of material can be used to fabricate

Actuators

Sensors

Thermocouples

Heaters

None of the above

All of the a, b, c, and d

19. Select the wrong statement

Functionalization of cantilever beams can be used to detect biomoleculs

Funtionalizoation of optical waveguide beams used to detect biomolecules

Surface acoustic waves can be used to detect molecules

None of the above method can be used to detect molecules

20. Select a MEMS component that essentially have electrostatic actuation?

Comb drive

Pressure sensor

Waveguide device

Surface acoustic wave detector

Thermal actuator

21. If a capacitor-based MEMS actuator has capacity of 15 Pf and plate distance is 2 micron, what is the force generation, in nN, when 5 V is applied across the capacitor?

                                                                                                                                                                    

a. 17520 nN,b. 1875 nN,c. 1526 nNd. 1578 nN

22. What is the width of opening of SiN layer

55

59

72

85

  

For questions 23 -25, use following diagram

what is the orientation of Si wafer and etching solution to get (a)

a. Si (111), HF+HNO3

b. Si (110), KOH + Isoprpyl alcohol

c. Si (111), TMAH

d. Si (111) and Plasma

e. Si (100), KOH + Isoprpyl alcohol

what is the orientation of Si wafer and etching solution to get (b)

a. Si (111), HF+HNO3

b. Si (110), KOH + Isoprpyl alcohol

c. Si (111), TMAH

d. Si (111) and Plasma

e. Si (100), KOH + Isoprpyl alcohol

what is the orientation of Si wafer and etching solution to get (c)

a. Si (111), HF+HNO3

b. Si (110), KOH + Isoprpyl alcohol

c. Si (111), TMAH

d. Si (111) and Plasma

e. Si (100), KOH + Isoprpyl alcohol

26. Photoresist can be removed with

acetone

oxygen plasma

H2O2+ H2SO4

phenol

none of the above

27. Select the material that cannot be deposited by CVD process

polysilicon

silicon nitride

crystal silicon

silicon oxide

all of the above

28. The material that rarely used (almost never) for the metallization of MEMS devices,

aluminum

copper

gold

chromium

iron

29. Most commonly used membrane (diaphragm) materials for MEMS such as pressure sensors

Si

SiN

SiO2

Al2O3

Chromium

30. In the characterization of 3-D MEMS, the following technique has limitation

scanning tunneling microscopy

atomic force microscopy

optical microscopy

all of the above

none of the above

Explanation / Answer

1. none of abive is a disadvantage of mems.

2.none of above is untrue about mems.

3.none of above is untrue about mems.

4.all of above can be used to fabricate mems.