Piezoelectrically actuated dome-shaped diaphragm micropump

This paper describes a piezoelectric micropump built on a dome-shaped diaphragm with one-way parylene valves. The micropump uses piezoelectric ZnO film (less than 10 mu m thick) to actuate a parylene dome diaphragm, which is fabricated with an innovative, IC-compatible process on a silicon substrate. Piezoelectric ZnO film is sputter-deposited on a parylene dome diaphragm with its C-axis oriented perpendicular to the dome surface. Two one-way check valves (made of parylene) are integrated with a piezoelectrically actuated dome diaphragm to form a multi-chip micropump. The fabricated micropump (10 x 10 x 1.6 mm(3)) consumes extremely low power (i.e., 3 mW to pump 3.2 mu L/min) and shows negligible leak up to 700 Pa static differential pressure.