• DocumentCode
    2428443
  • Title

    Design of a three-axis high-g piezoresistive accelerometer

  • Author

    Lin, Liwei ; Pan, Feng ; Xu, Jiashan ; Guo, Hang

  • Author_Institution
    Pen-Tung Sah Micro-Nano Technol. Res. Center, Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    20-23 Jan. 2010
  • Firstpage
    773
  • Lastpage
    776
  • Abstract
    This paper presents design of a high-g 8-beam piezoresistive micro-accelerometer. Based on mechanics of materials and vibration theory, an analytical model of symmetric beam-mass structure is established to obtain the structural parameters of the micro-accelerometer. Then, finite element method in ANSYS is used to make a 3-dimensional analysis, and results obtained are in good agreement with those from the analytical model. In the end, piezo-resistors of the micro-accelerometer are laid out and sensitivity is discussed.
  • Keywords
    accelerometers; beams (structures); microsensors; piezoresistive devices; vibrations; high-g accelerometer; material mechanics; piezoresistive micro-accelerometer; symmetric beam-mass structure; three axis accelerometer; vibration theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 2010 5th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xiamen
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6543-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NEMS.2010.5592270
  • Filename
    5592270