Infrared thermal velocimetry in MEMS-based fluidic devices

Jaewon Chung, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Ralph Greif

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Abstract

Most MEMS (microelectromechanical system) devices are made of silicon which is transparent at infrared wave-lengths. Utilizing this infrared transparency of silicon, infrared thermal velocimetry was developed to measure the velocity in MEMS based fluidic devices. The method uses an infrared laser to generate a short heating pulse in a flowing liquid. An infrared camera records the radiative images from the heated flowing liquid and the steady flow velocity is obtained from consecutive radiative images. A wide range of the velocity (1 cm/s-1 m/s or higher) in silicon (or other materials that are transparent to infrared radiation) microchannels can be measured. Numerical simulations have been carried out and are in good agreement with the experiments. Parametric studies have been carried out for different channel dimensions and laser characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)365-372
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Microelectromechanical Systems
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003 Jun
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Manuscript received July 17, 2002; revised December 10, 2002. This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the HERETIC program. Subject Editor W. N. Sharpe, Jr. The authors are with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1740 USA (e-mail: cgrigoro@me. berkeley.edu). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/JMEMS.2003.811753

Keywords

  • Diagnostics
  • Flow measurement
  • Micro-DPIV
  • Microfluidic device

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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