Abstract
Background: Due to their size, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) display performance indices affected by uncertainties linked to the mechanical properties and to the geometry of the films constituting their movable parts.
Objective: In this perspective, a recently proposed multiscale and hybrid solution for uncertainty quantification is discussed.
Methods: The proposed method is based on the (deep) learning of the morphology-affected elasticity of the polycrystalline films and of the microfabrication-induced defective geometry of the devices. The results at the material and at the device levels are linked through a reduced-order representation of the response of the entire device to the external stimuli, foreseen to finally feed a Monte Carlo uncertainty quantification engine.
Results: Preliminary results relevant to a single-axis resonant Lorentz force micro-magnetometer have shown a noteworthy capability of the proposed multiscale deep learning method to account for the mentioned uncertainty sources at the microscale.
Conclusion: A promising two-scale deep learning approach has been proposed for polysilicon MEMS sensors to account for both materials- and geometry-governed uncertainties and to properly describe the scale-dependent response of MEMS devices.
Keywords: Machine learning, artificial neural networks (ANNs), polysilicon mems, uncertainty quantification, Monte Carlo simulations, multiscale analysis.
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