A new formulation of fringing capacitance and its application to the control of parallel-plate electrostatic micro actuators

  • Authors:

  • Mehran Hosseini;Guchuan Zhu;Yves-Alain Peter

  • Affiliations:

  • Engineering Physics Department, École Polytechnique de MontrÉal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3A7;Electrical Engineering Department, École Polytechnique de MontrÉal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3A7;Engineering Physics Department, École Polytechnique de MontrÉal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3A7

  • Venue:
  • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Though the effect of fringing field in electrostatic parallel-plate actuators is a well-understood phenomenon, the existing formulations often result in complicated mathematical models from which it is difficult to determine the deflection of the moving plate for given voltages and hence, they are not suitable for accurate actuation control. This work presents a new formulation for tackling the fringing field, in which the effect of fringing field is modeled as a variable serial capacitor. Based on this model, a robust control scheme is constructed using the theory of input-to-state stabilization (ISS) and backstepping state feedback design. This method allows loosening the stringent requirements on modeling accuracy without compromising the performance. The stability and the performance of the system using this control scheme are demonstrated through both stability analysis and numerical simulation.