Title
A simplified modeling approach for a MEMS capacitive sensor
Abstract
This paper reports two behavioral models for a MEMS capacitive sensor and presents their simulation results for a bootstrapped continuous-time pre-amplifier. The first model uses a simplistic voltage-source based approach to imitate the variable capacitance in the sensor, while the other accurately models the mechanical and electrostatic forces inside the sensor in VerilogA. It is demonstrated through simulation results that the simple model can be used for a large input range without considerable differences as compared to the accurate model, proving it viable for functional simulations. Whereas, the accurate model traces the performance of the pre-amplifier in the presence of mechanical and electrostatic limitations of the sensor, revealing differences in the results for those cases where the non-linear response of the sensor is not negligible.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/ECCTD.2007.4529549
Seville
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
bootstrap circuits,capacitive sensors,electrostatics,hardware description languages,microsensors,preamplifiers,mems capacitive sensor,veriloga,bootstrapped continuous-time pre-amplifier,electrostatic forces,mechanical-electrostatic limitations,nonlinear response,voltage-source based approach,electrostatic force,behavior modeling,capacitive sensor
Conference
978-1-4244-1342-3
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
s a jawed100.34
d cattin200.34
Nicola Massari310220.54
massimo gottardi492.69
Benno Margesin531.36
A. Baschirotto617654.55