Title
On-chip electrometer using MEMS parallel-plate pull-in sensing
Abstract
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) have been proposed as DCelectrical metrology references. The design reported here is thefirst to enhance the qualities of a MEMS DC reference withpotential tuning and sensing via an isolated and monolithicallyintegrated MEMS technology and thereby, convert a stableparallel-plate voltage reference to a simple, sensitive, low-burdenvoltage sensor. This on-chip system reliably measures unknownpotentials ranging from −60 to 60V with sampling times lessthan 10 ms. In the initial design, the system is used to measureatto-amp leakage current though 10 PΩ, suspended, MEMSisolation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1504/IJISTA.2007.014132
IJISTA
Keywords
Field
DocType
monolithicallyintegrated mems technology,mems parallel-plate pull-in,sampling times lessthan,low-burdenvoltage sensor,mems dc reference withpotential,microelectromechanical systems,on-chip electrometer,on-chip system,stableparallel-plate voltage reference,initial design,dcelectrical metrology reference,voltage reference,electrometer,chip
Direct current,System on a chip,Electrometer,Microelectromechanical systems,Leakage (electronics),Voltage reference,Metrology,Voltage,Control engineering,Engineering,Electrical engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
3
1/2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Russell Y. Webb162.86
Noel C. Macdonald2629.72