TY - GEN
T1 - Adhesive mechanical fastener design for use in micro assembly
AU - Wang, Lidai
AU - Mills, James K.
AU - Cleghorn, William L.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We present an adhesive mechanical fastener design used to construct three-dimensional micro devices. The fastener design includes adhesive bonding and self-alignment mechanisms. A micro probe that bonded to a robotic micromanipulator is employed to pick up and accurately deposit adhesive to a target location. Self-alignment mechanisms are introduced to increase the positioning accuracy. A curing light is applied to harden the adhesive. The cured adhesive keeps the assembled micropart into its position and provides a strong mechanical joint. By using conductive adhesive, a reliable electrical connection is achievable. The adhesive mechanical fastener only requires simple operations, and could reach reliable connections and high positioning accuracy, which is important to automatic microassembly. To demonstrate the feasibility of this method, many three-dimensional MEMS devices have been assembled, which include a three-dimensional rotary optical switch. © 2008 IEEE.
AB - We present an adhesive mechanical fastener design used to construct three-dimensional micro devices. The fastener design includes adhesive bonding and self-alignment mechanisms. A micro probe that bonded to a robotic micromanipulator is employed to pick up and accurately deposit adhesive to a target location. Self-alignment mechanisms are introduced to increase the positioning accuracy. A curing light is applied to harden the adhesive. The cured adhesive keeps the assembled micropart into its position and provides a strong mechanical joint. By using conductive adhesive, a reliable electrical connection is achievable. The adhesive mechanical fastener only requires simple operations, and could reach reliable connections and high positioning accuracy, which is important to automatic microassembly. To demonstrate the feasibility of this method, many three-dimensional MEMS devices have been assembled, which include a three-dimensional rotary optical switch. © 2008 IEEE.
KW - Adhesive bonding
KW - Mechanical fastener
KW - Microassembly
KW - Microelectromechanical system
KW - Rotary optical switch
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/51849110480
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-51849110480&origin=recordpage
U2 - 10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564706
DO - 10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564706
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 9781424416431
SP - 1093
EP - 1096
BT - Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
T2 - IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE 2008
Y2 - 4 May 2008 through 7 May 2008
ER -