DocumentCode
2167861
Title
High performance silicon accelerometers with charge controlled rebalance electronics
Author
Warren, Keith
Author_Institution
Litton Guidance & Control Syst., Woodland Hills, CA, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
22-26 Apr 1996
Firstpage
27
Lastpage
30
Abstract
A charge-controlled, force rebalanced accelerometer loop is described, along with its advantages over prior voltage-controlled forcing methods. First generation silicon accelerometers incorporating charge-controlled electronics are performing well in current production systems. A new all silicon accelerometer chip is being developed for higher accuracy applications
Keywords
accelerometers; elemental semiconductors; micromechanical devices; silicon; wafer bonding; Si; accelerometers; accuracy; charge controlled rebalance electronics; force rebalanced accelerometer loop; micromechanical devices; production systems; Accelerometers; Electrodes; Electrostatics; Equations; Force control; Permittivity; Servomechanisms; Silicon; Springs; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1996., IEEE 1996
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3085-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLANS.1996.509052
Filename
509052
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