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            frequency reference requirement, 204       parasitics, 191
            illustrated, 204                           quality factor, 190–92
            as one-port device, 204                    surface-micromachined variable, 192–95
            See also Resonators                        See also Passive components
          Beam-steering micromirror, 156–61         Capillary electrophoresis, 177
            coils, 159, 160                         Carbon monoxide gas sensor, 114–16
            defined, 157–58                            CVD step, 115
            design, 158                                defined, 114–15
            drive coils, 160                           fabrication process, 115
            fabrication process, 161                   illustrated, 115
            gimbal suspension, 159                  Ceramic packaging, 233–37
            IMMI implementation, 158–59                defined, 235
            magnetic actuation, 159                    DMD type-A, 237
            schematic illustration, 158                fabrication process flow, 236
          Bias/adhesion mirror mapping (BAMM), 254     LTCC, 235
          Bioinformatics, 182                          material properties, 235
          Bio-MEMS, 169                                of optical MEMS, 236
          Bosch sensor, 112–14                         shrinkage, 235
            defined, 112–13                            See also Packaging
            fabrication illustration, 114           Chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP), 57,
            fabrication process, 113–14                     134
            illustrated, 112                        Chemical-vapor deposition (CVD), 37–40
            out-of-phase resonant frequency, 113       atmospheric-pressure (APCVD), 37, 38
            sensitivity, 114                           in carbon monoxide sensor, 115
            See also Sensors                           defined, 37
          Bulk-micromachined variable capacitors,      low-pressure (LPCVD), 37, 38, 39, 40
                 195–97                                plasma-enhanced (PECVD), 37, 38, 40
            interdigitated-finger, 195–97              of polysilicon, 38
            mass movement, 196                         of silicon dioxide, 38–39
            microphonics and, 196–97                   of silicon nitrides, 39–40
            See also Capacitors                     Code-division multiple access (CDMA), 206
          Bulk micromachining, 44                   Comb-drive resonators, 201–3
                                                       defined, 201
          C                                            frequency response, 202
                                                       illustrated, 202
          Calibration and compensation, 224–25         total spring constant, 203
          Cantilever switch, 212, 213–14
                                                       See also Resonators
            contact reliability, 213
            cross section, 212                      Complementarity, 174
            defined, 213                            Computer-numerical-controlled (CNC)
                                                            machines, 64
            gap, 214
                                                    Conferences, 10–11
            micrograph, 212
            See also Switches                       Coriolis acceleration, 104–5
          Capacitive accelerometers, 99–114         Corner compensation, 50
                                                    Coupled-resonator bandpass filter, 206–8
            ADXL, 101–2
                                                       oscillation modes, 207
            deep-etched micromachined, 103–7
            illustrated, 100                           scanning electron micrograph, 206
            middle wafer fabrication process, 100      as two-port devices, 208
                                                    Cracks, 251
            surface micromachined, 10–12            Crash sensors, 3
            See also Accelerometers
                                                    CRS angular-rate sensor, 109–10
          Capacitors, 192–97
            bulk-micromachined, 195–97              Crystalline silicon, 14–16
            with constant capacitance, 192             crystallographic planes, 14–15
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