{"title":"Normally closed microvalve and mircopump fabricated on a silicon wafer","authors":"Masayoshi Esashi, Shuichi Shoji, Akira Nakano","doi":"10.1016/0250-6874(89)87114-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A normally closed microvalve and a micropump are fabricated on a silicon wafer by micro-machining techniques. The normally closed microvalve has a movable silicon diaphragm and a small piezoactuator to drive it. The controllable gas flow rate is from 0.1 ml/min to 85 ml/min at a gas pressure of 0.75 kgf/cm<sup>2</sup>. The micropump is a diaphragm-type pump, which consists of two polysilicon one-way valves and a diaphragm driven by a small piezoactuator. The maximum pumping flow rate and pressure are 20 μ/min and 780 mmH<sub>2</sub>O respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101159,"journal":{"name":"Sensors and Actuators","volume":"20 1","pages":"Pages 163-169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0250-6874(89)87114-8","citationCount":"135","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Sensors and Actuators","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0250687489871148","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A normally closed microvalve and a micropump are fabricated on a silicon wafer by micro-machining techniques. The normally closed microvalve has a movable silicon diaphragm and a small piezoactuator to drive it. The controllable gas flow rate is from 0.1 ml/min to 85 ml/min at a gas pressure of 0.75 kgf/cm2. The micropump is a diaphragm-type pump, which consists of two polysilicon one-way valves and a diaphragm driven by a small piezoactuator. The maximum pumping flow rate and pressure are 20 μ/min and 780 mmH2O respectively.