Hi Ravi,

    One problem that might arise if you are using air as a dielectric for
your capcitor, the two plates might snap in at a certain voltage.

Phil Tabada


>From: ravi shankar 
>Reply-To: General MEMS discussion 
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [mems-talk] suggestion please
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:34:35 +0100 (BST)
>
>hello everyone
>as an undergraduate project i am doing a project to design a mem variable
>capacitor.
>our technique is to adjust the distance between two electrodes using a
>cantilever beam as one of the plate.
>send me your views on these
>
>
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