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21 June 2000 Thin film windows for use in a bulge tester and as a piezoelectric actuator
Dryver R. Huston, Wolfgang Sauter, Christophe Broetz, Peter A. Sonntag, Walter J. Varhue
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Abstract
This paper reports the results of experimental studies using a bulge tester and accompanying models. The bulge tester applies a load on the backside of the thin film and measures the resulting deflection. The load-deformation data can then be used to establish a mode that can be used to determine Young's modulus and the in-plane stress of the film. A variety of different films are tested under different conditions and the results are compared to theoretical values and to the result of a non-linear finite element model. The approach of the computer model is inverse to the tester. The determined values are used as input for the model and the load-deformation data is the output. The experimental results are found to be in excellent agreement with the numerical prediction. The applicability of using a thin piezoelectric film on top of another film in a window as an actuator is also investigated. The ultimate goal is to create a smart thin film window that can precisely sense and control stretching and/or deflection of the base film. This could be very useful in lithography procedures in order to align and control the mask or particular potions of the mask.
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Dryver R. Huston, Wolfgang Sauter, Christophe Broetz, Peter A. Sonntag, and Walter J. Varhue "Thin film windows for use in a bulge tester and as a piezoelectric actuator", Proc. SPIE 3990, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Smart Electronics and MEMS, (21 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388899
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KEYWORDS
Thin films

Photomasks

Semiconducting wafers

Actuators

Silicon

Silicon carbide

Diamond

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