Title
Micro-machined resonant accelerometer with high sensitivity.
Abstract
A resonant accelerometer with high sensitivity, fabricated through MEMS bulk-silicon processes, is proposed in this paper. The external acceleration can be transferred into the frequency shift of the resonant beams which is double-clamped by the proof mass and the anchor. To improve the sensitivity of the accelerometer, a micro leverage force amplifying mechanism is adopted, from which the transformation efficiency between the external acceleration and the axial stress of the resonant beam would be improved obviously. MEMS bulk-silicon processes were used on single one wafer to fabricate the sensor chip. The electromagnetic excitation and detection was used to make the closed-loop control of the sensor easier. Experimental results show that the Q-factor of the resonant beam is about 450 and the sensitivity of the accelerometer is about 1900Hz/g. © 2011 IEEE.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/NEMS.2011.6017409
NEMS
Keywords
Field
DocType
high q-factor,high sensitivity,mems,resonant accelerometer,chip,accelerometers,silicon,q factor,closed loop control
Wafer,Composite material,Q factor,Proof mass,Microelectromechanical systems,Accelerometer,Chip,Beam (structure),Acceleration,Acoustics,Materials science
Conference
Volume
Issue
Citations 
null
null
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
1
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Junbo Wang18518.92
Yanlong Shang210.48
Sheng Tu310.48
Lei Liu417117.10
Deyong Chen51310.49