A high sensitivity micromachined accelerometer with an enhanced inertial mass SOI MEMS process

Jianbing Xie, Meng Song, Weizheng Yuan

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Abstract

This paper provides an enhanced inertial mass SOI MEMS process for the fabrication of a high sensitivity micromachined accelerometer. In the proposed process, the handle layer of the SOI wafer is used as an enhanced inertial mass, in this way, the inertial mass of the accelerometer can increase 5-15 times. Therefore, the sensitivity of the MEMS accelerometer can be significantly increased. In this paper, an in-plane single-axis accelerometer is designed firstly. And then, the accelerometer is fabricated in a low resistivity SOI wafer with 60μm thickness device layer and 400μm thickness handle layer through the developed enhanced inertial mass SOI MEMS process. The sensitivity of the fabricated MEMS accelerometer is 2.257V/g, the linearity of output is within 0.5%, and the power spectral density of the noises is as low as 6.79uV/√Hz.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013
Pages336-339
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013 - Suzhou, China
Duration: 7 Apr 201310 Apr 2013

Publication series

Name8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013

Conference

Conference8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, IEEE NEMS 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period7/04/1310/04/13

Keywords

  • enhanced inertial mass
  • high sensitivity
  • micromachined accelerometer
  • SOI

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