CNES reliability approach for the qualification of MEMS for space

Francis Pressecq; Xavier Lafontan; Guy Perez; Jean-Pierre Fortea

doi:10.1117/12.442990

2 October 2001 CNES reliability approach for the qualification of MEMS for space

Francis Pressecq, Xavier Lafontan, Guy Perez, Jean-Pierre Fortea

Proceedings Volume 4558, Reliability, Testing, and Characterization of MEMS/MOEMS; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.442990
Event: Micromachining and Microfabrication, 2001, San Francisco, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the reliability approach performs at CNES to evaluate MEMS for space application. After an introduction and a detailed state of the art on the space requirements and on the use of MEMS for space, different approaches for taking into account MEMS in the qualification phases are presented. CNES proposes improvement to theses approaches in term of failure mechanisms identification. Our approach is based on a design and test phase deeply linked with a technology study. This workflow is illustrated with an example: the case of a variable capacitance processed with MUMPS process is presented.

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Francis Pressecq, Xavier Lafontan, Guy Perez, and Jean-Pierre Fortea "CNES reliability approach for the qualification of MEMS for space", Proc. SPIE 4558, Reliability, Testing, and Characterization of MEMS/MOEMS, (2 October 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.442990

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