DocumentCode
1635992
Title
Multi-axis integrated CMOS-MEMS inertial sensors
Author
Xie, Huikai ; Sun, Hongzhi ; Jia, Kemiao ; Fang, Deyou ; Qu, Hongwei
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
fYear
2010
Firstpage
1394
Lastpage
1395
Abstract
Multi-axis integration of inertial sensors is crucial for portable electronics. This paper presents a DRIE CMOS MEMS process that is capable of realizing lateral and vertical sensing comb drives. An integrated 3-axis accelerometer and an integrated 5-axis inertial measurement unit including a 3-axis accelerometer, a z-axis gyroscope and an x/y gyroscope are also introduced.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; gyroscopes; microsensors; units (measurement); DRIE process; integrated 3-axis accelerometer; integrated 5-axis inertial measurement unit; lateral sensing comb drives; multiaxis integrated CMOS-MEMS inertial sensors; portable electronics; vertical sensing comb drives; x-y gyroscope; z-axis gyroscope; Accelerometers; CMOS integrated circuits; Gyroscopes; Metals; Microstructure; Sensors; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5797-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSICT.2010.5667618
Filename
5667618
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