• DocumentCode
    2559702
  • Title

    Design and fabrication of micromachined tunneling accelerometers with micro-g resolution and their comparison

  • Author

    Patra, S. ; Bhattacharyya, Tarun Kanti

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng. Dept., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-2 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The paper presents implementation of several surface micromachined tunneling accelerometer structures. This work also records the study of their relative performance in order to achieve high sensitivity and high dynamic range for mu-g measurement with low cross axis sensitivity.
  • Keywords
    accelerometers; micromachining; low cross axis sensitivity; micro-g resolution; mu-g measurement; surface micromachined tunneling accelerometer structure; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Current measurement; Dynamic range; Electrodes; Electrons; Fabrication; Paper technology; Tunneling; Voltage; Crab leg beam; Folded beam; High dynamic range; Low cross axis sensitivity and Tunneling accelerometer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices and Semiconductor Technology, 2009. IEDST '09. 2nd International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Mumbai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3831-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3832-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDST.2009.5166120
  • Filename
    5166120