Low frequency noise in the unstable contact region of Au-to-Au microcontact for microelectromechanical system switches

• Main Authors: Qiu, Haodong, Wang, Hong, Ke, Feixiang
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: 1/f noise; Microelectromechanical systems
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82149; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41134
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The noise behavior of Au-to-Au microcontact for microelectromechanical system switches has been experimentally studied in the unstable contact region. The results suggest that the electrical conduction remains nonmetallic at the initial stage during contact formation due to the existence of alien fi...