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Volatile and non-volatile nano-electromechanical switches fabricated in a CMOS-compatible silicon-on-insulator foundry process

Li, Yingying
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Bleiker, Simon J.
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Worsey, Elliott
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December 1, 2025
Microsystems and Nanoengineering

Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches have the advantages of zero leakage current, abrupt switching characteristics, and harsh environmental capabilities. This makes them a promising component for digital computing circuits when high energy efficiency under extreme environmental conditions is important. However, to make NEM-based logic circuits commercially viable, NEM switches must be manufacturable in existing semiconductor foundry platforms to guarantee reliable switch fabrication and very large-scale integration densities, which remains a big challenge. Here, we demonstrate the use of a commercial silicon-on-insulator (SOI) foundry platform (iSiPP50G by IMEC, Belgium) to implement monolithically integrated silicon (Si) NEM switches. Using this SOI foundry platform featuring sub-200 nm lithography technology, we implemented two different types of NEM switches: (1) a volatile 3-terminal (3-T) NEM switch with a low actuation voltage of 5.6 V and (2) a bi-stable 7-terminal (7-T) NEM switch, featuring either volatile or non-volatile switching behavior, depending on the switch contact design. The experimental results presented here show how an established CMOS-compatible SOI foundry process can be utilized to realize highly integrated Si NEM switches, removing a significant barrier towards scalable manufacturing of high performance and high-density NEM-based programmable logic circuits and non-volatile memories.

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DOI
10.1038/s41378-025-00964-w
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105010495075

PubMed ID

40645929

Author(s)
Li, Yingying

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Bleiker, Simon J.

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Worsey, Elliott

University of Bristol

Dagon, Maël

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Edinger, Pierre

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Takabayashi, Alain Yuji  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Quack, Niels  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Verheyen, Peter

Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre

Bogaerts, Wim

Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre

Gylfason, Kristinn B.

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Date Issued

2025-12-01

Published in
Microsystems and Nanoengineering
Volume

11

Issue

1

Article Number

140

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Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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NEMS  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Royal Institute of Technology

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program

101070332,780283,871740

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July 25, 2025
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