梳齿式电容加速度传感器等效并联电阻对器件输出产生的影响

梳齿式电容加速度传感器检测电容的测量结果会受到除感应电容之外的其他等效电路参数的影响。梳齿式电容加速度传感器的结构与多层瓷片电容（MLCC）的结构类似,因此可以借鉴多层瓷片电容中等效电路参数的研究方法对电容加速度传感器中的等效电路参数进行研究。本文将对梳齿式电容加速度传感器检测结构中的等效电路参数进行建模,并分析这些等效电路参数对测试结果产生的影响。     

梳齿的不平行对电容式微机械传感器阶跃信号响应的影响

分析了梳齿电容式传感器在三种电容驱动方式下,梳齿电容极板的不平行对传感器受到阶跃加速度信号作用时可靠工作条件的影响。得到了梳齿倾斜效应对传感器阶跃加速度响应影响的分析模型。结果表明梳齿电容在同样的电压驱动下,若电容极板的倾斜角变到0.5°时,对于单边电容结构、双边电容结构和有力反馈的双边电容结构,传感器能够承受的临界阶跃加速度分别变为电容极板完全平行时的0.34、0.44、0.52。并针对DRIE工艺刻蚀梳齿的原理,讨论了改进梳齿不平行的方法。     

基于电容感应元的多层液位传感器的研究

在分析各种液位传感器的基础上，提出一种新型的基于电容感应元的多层液位传感器。介绍了其小电容节点式的结构、电容感应元的测量原理及误差分析，最后给出了变送器的设计思路。该传感器能满足一定使用条件下多层液位的测量。     

集成加速度传感器敏感芯片性能影响因素及其仿真分析

从集成加速度传感器敏感芯片结构参数的设计入手,分析了支撑梁厚度、电容初始间隙、质量块等敏感芯片结构参数对传感器灵敏度、非线性等性能的影响.同时利用结构分析软件ANSYS进行仿真分析,并对优化后的敏感芯片结构参数进行验证,结果表明:该结构的敏感芯片使加速度传感器灵敏度能够达到10 mV/gn以上,非线性优于2％.     

高灵敏度谐振式微加速度传感器的设计与制作

为提高加速度传感器灵敏度,提出一种新的加速度敏感机制,并基于此原理设计了一种新的微机械谐振式加速度传感器结构.分析了加速度传感器的数学模型及影响灵敏度的关键参数,并以此为依据对传感器结构参数进行优化设计.采用扩散硅层作为谐振子,提高器件性能的同时简化了制作工艺,利用KOH溶液湿法腐蚀硅在各晶向上的各向异性,实现了支撑梁...     

一种双轴电容式微机械加速度计

提出一种双轴电容式微机械加速度计的结构形式.采用一个质量块敏感两个正交方向的加速度,设计的弹性支撑结构巧妙地实现了正交方向的解耦,且结构稳定性好,以梳齿电容实现差动的静电驱动、电容检测.利用MATLAB软件对敏感结构参数、性能参数进行了计算、分析,用ANSYS仿真软件对敏感结构进行了静态和模态分析,从理论上验证了所提出的双轴电容式微机械加速度计整体结构的可行性.     

新型双轴电容式加速度传感器设计

为了实现多轴加速度检测,设计了一种新型双轴电容式加速度传感器.由内、外2个质量块组成,分别由4组折叠梁支撑.传感器通过固定梳齿和活动梳齿之间的距离变化引起两者电容值发生变化,最终测得加速度.通过ANSYS仿真分析得出:传感器的位移灵敏度为0.0845μm/gn(X轴)和0.1381μm/gn(Y轴).结构的一～三阶谐振频率分别为1.34,1.71,14.48kHz.由于各阶模态频率相差很大,避免了跨轴信号的干扰.     

电阻式湿度传感器的制作方法

现时，用于测量相对湿度的传感器有机械式、电阻式等多种。其中电阻式湿度传感器的感应速度较快，结构较紧凑，而且适应性也优于机械式传感器。其代表性产品如磺化聚苯乙烯薄膜式湿度传感器。就现有的电阻式湿度传感器而言，多采用与敏感层粘着方式，相互保持一定间隔，对所配置的一对薄电极间的电阻变化进行测量。一般感湿层的电阻都很高，或增大电极的对向面积，或缩小电极的间隔，以     

低真空封装的新型变电容面积MEMS惯性传感器阶跃响应特性分析

一种新型变电容面积MEMS惯性传感器与传统的梳齿电容传感器相比,具有对梳齿电容不平行敏感度低,可加测试电压高等优点。通过对该传感器在低真空封装条件下的惯性阶跃响应特性分析,着重研究了不同梳齿电容倾斜角度对该传感器的阶跃惯性信号响应的影响,以及不同倾斜角度梳齿的位移响应和测试电压、空气真空度的关系,并把该结果和梳齿结构的情况进行比较。结果表明,工艺因素对变电容面积MEMS惯性传感器在低真空封装下的阶跃惯性响应影响很小;另外,该结构上可加的测试电压可以是梳齿电容结构上可加测试电压的近10倍,这有利于减小接口电路的噪声。以上分析论证了该新型传感器有利于降低器件的工艺要求和提高传感器的分辨率。     

低真空封装的新型变电容面积MEMS惯性传感器阶跃响应特性分析

一种新型变电容面积MEMS惯性传感器与传统的梳齿电容传感器相比,具有对梳齿电容不平行敏感度低,可加测试电压高等优点.通过对该传感器在低真空封装条件下的惯性阶跃响应特性分析,着重研究了不同梳齿电容倾斜角度对该传感器的阶跃惯性信号响应的影响,以及不同倾斜角度梳齿的位移响应和测试电压、空气真空度的关系,并把该结果和梳齿结构的情况进行比较.结果表明,工艺因素对变电容面积MEMS惯性传感器在低真空封装下的阶跃惯性响应影响很小;另外,该结构上可加的测试电压可以是梳齿电容结构上可加测试电压的近10倍,这有利于减小接口电路的噪声.以上分析论证了该新型传感器有利于降低器件的工艺要求和提高传感器的分辨率.     

Testing of MEMS capacitive accelerometer structure through electro-static actuation

The present paper discusses a method for testing a MEMS capacitive accelerometer structure through electrical actuation. The response of a standard MEMS capacitive accelerometer structure for different electrical actuation voltages has been analyzed. The accelerometer structure along with a capacitance sensing integrated circuit (IC) MS3110 is modeled and simulated. A set of proto-type accelerometer structures is fabricated and packaged in PGA packages. The packaged MEMS structures and MS3110 IC are integrated on a printed circuit board. The MEMS structure is actuated by applying the electrical signal through the actuation fingers and the change in capacitance is measured by the MS3110 IC. The simulated and measured results show some interesting phenomenon like dipping and frequency doubling which are useful for initial testing and characterization of a MEMS accelerometer structure.     

Active gap reduction in comb drive of three axes capacitive micro accelerometer for enhancing sense capacitance and sensitivity

The performance of micro-machined sensors is primarily determined via the sensitivity of sensing electrode to displacement. This paper presents the design, modelling, optimization and fabrication of an active gap reduction mechanism used on a conventional comb drive to enhance the capacitance in a three axes capacitive micro accelerometer. The design parameters of the active gap reduced comb drive (AGRCD) are optimized for best performance. The finite element analysis of the AGRCD is performed for design verification. The modeling and simulation results demonstrated a 534 % increase in sensitivity of the three axes capacitive micro accelerometer. The three axes capacitive micro accelerometer with AGRCD is fabricated using a commercially available standard metal-multi user MEMS processes.     

Design and simulation of a high-performance Z-axis SOI-MEMS accelerometer

This paper presents a new micromachined z-axis accelerometer as well as a new method to sense the out-of-plane displacement capacitively via comb finger arrays. The new design built the z-accelerometer using eight folded beam suspension to minimize the off axis sensitivities in both the x- and y- directions. The proposed method implements the sensing electrode as a comb finger arrays surrounding the sensor. This method enables the realization of the sensor by bulk micromachining process, increases the sense capacitance and reduces the off-axis sensitivity. This process allows building the micromachined accelerometer with large inertial mass. This work introduces the design and simulation for this accelerometer. The introduced method results in a high sense capacitance as well as high sensitivity. The simulated sense capacitance is 19.6627 pF. The sensor sensitivity is 2.037 μm/g with a very small total noise equivalent acceleration of 3.096 μg/ $ \sqrt {Hz} $ .     

飞行器用高精度小量程石英微加速度计研究

为满足对振动环境下10 Hz以下低频小量程加速度信号的高精度测量需求,提出了一种基于石英微工艺的新型窄带宽MEMS加速度计,其敏感元件采用变间距式差分电容梳齿结构。采用有限元分析手段,对敏感元件质量块尺寸、梳齿长度、U型梁刚度、盖板结构、阻尼和带宽等参数进行了综合优化设计。敏感元件采用石英晶片经湿法腐蚀体工艺制作,加速度计样机经过了实际性能测试和环境适应性试验,带宽为8.9 Hz,非线性度约为0.7%,可以满足飞行器小量程低频加速度参数的测量需求。     

不同检测电容结构对MEMS电容传感器性能的影响分析

改进传感器检测电容几何结构能有效改善传感器的性能。本文对梳齿电极结构、栅形电极结构及梳栅电极结构检测电容的性能特点进行分析比较,重点分析了振子质量、空气阻尼、系统阻尼系数比以及灵敏度等特性,得出在相同的外轮廓尺寸、支撑梁、振子厚度以及振子到衬底的距离的条件下,栅形结构传感器的振子质量最大,空气阻尼最小,适合制作高分辨率的传感器;在大气下,梳齿结构灵敏度增加的同时空气阻尼力也会增加,且振子质量较小,适合制作高灵敏度,低分辨率传感器结构;梳栅结构的特点居于两者之间,适合制作需要兼顾分辨率和灵敏度的传感器。通过实例计算,证明了该结果。     

A three-axis SOI accelerometer sensing with both in-plane and vertical comb electrodes

A three-axis capacitive accelerometer based on silicon-on-insulator is designed and fabricated. In the accelerometer, totally eight groups of capacitors are compactly arranged around an octagonal proof mass. The four groups of capacitors along orthogonal direction with in-plane comb electrodes detect XY acceleration, while the other four groups of capacitors along diagonal direction with vertical comb electrodes detect Z acceleration. Measurements of in-plane and vertical motion by the respective in-plane and vertical comb electrodes enable direct detection for all the three axes with differential capacitive sensing scheme. For the fabricated accelerometer in the size of 4 × 4 mm², the capacitance sensitivities of in-plane and out-of-plane accelerometers are 145.3 and 9.1 fF/g, respectively.     

差分电容电压转换电路噪声性能分析及测试

本文对电容检测式加速度计系统中广泛采用的差分电容电压转换电路建立了电容电压转换电路的等效噪声模型,并对双运放集成电路芯片所构成的差分电容电压转换电路的本底噪声以及仪表放大器输出端的噪声进行了测试,将电容电压转换电路本底噪声中的差模噪声分量和共模噪声分量进行了分离.测试结果表明影响加速度计系统噪声性能的差模噪声分量占电容...     

Design and fabrication of submicrometer, single crystal Siaccelerometer

A lateral accelerometer has been designed, simulated, and fabricated using a 3-mask high-aspect ratio technology. Electron beam lithography and high-density plasma etching in an inductively coupled plasma source enabled aspect ratios >30 to be achieved. This makes possible beams with very small spring constants. Combining the ability to measure very small displacement of a proof mass due to narrow capacitive gaps between comb fingers, a highly sensitive accelerometer can be obtained. The fabricated accelerometer with 1 μm beams and 0.2 μm comb gaps had a spring constant of 0.127 N/m, which is close to the calculated values of 0.146 N/m. Based on the capacitance measurements, the accelerometer sensitivity is calculated to be 6.3 fF/g. Reducing the beam width to 0.4 μm lowered the spring constant to 0.03 N/m, and an improved equivalent sensitivity of 79.2 fF/g is calculated. The minimum detectable acceleration is on the order of a few microgravity over a range of hundreds of gravities