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Micromachined flow sensors using a piezoresistive cantilever paddle

Micromachined flow sensors using a piezoresistive cantilever paddle
Micromachined flow sensors using a piezoresistive cantilever paddle
A piezoresistive silicon cantilever paddle for measuring gas flow is presented. The paddle square is attached by two cantilever arms with piezoresistive sensing element implanted on the root of the arms. The cantilever paddle is 500 μm long, 40 μm wide and 2.32 μm thick, with a paddle square of 200 by 200 μm. The device resistance change is measured using a Phase Sensitive Detector (PSD) method when the piezoresistor on the device is taken as one of four resistors in ac Wheatstone bridge biased at a voltage of 2.0 V and 10 kHz. The measured airflow velocity is in the range 0 - 22.0 m/sec. The minimum detectable airflow velocity is about 10 cm/sec in our PSD experimental setup. The output signals of the device are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical predictions, which are proportional to the flow velocity squared in the drag measurement mode.
Su, Y.
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Evans, A.G.R.
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Brunnschweiler, A.
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Ensell, G.J.
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Su, Y.
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Evans, A.G.R.
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Brunnschweiler, A.
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Ensell, G.J.
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Su, Y., Evans, A.G.R., Brunnschweiler, A. and Ensell, G.J. (1996) Micromachined flow sensors using a piezoresistive cantilever paddle. ESSDERC 96 26th European Solid State Device Research Conference, , Bologna, Italy. 09 - 11 Sep 1996.

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Abstract

A piezoresistive silicon cantilever paddle for measuring gas flow is presented. The paddle square is attached by two cantilever arms with piezoresistive sensing element implanted on the root of the arms. The cantilever paddle is 500 μm long, 40 μm wide and 2.32 μm thick, with a paddle square of 200 by 200 μm. The device resistance change is measured using a Phase Sensitive Detector (PSD) method when the piezoresistor on the device is taken as one of four resistors in ac Wheatstone bridge biased at a voltage of 2.0 V and 10 kHz. The measured airflow velocity is in the range 0 - 22.0 m/sec. The minimum detectable airflow velocity is about 10 cm/sec in our PSD experimental setup. The output signals of the device are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical predictions, which are proportional to the flow velocity squared in the drag measurement mode.

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Published date: September 1996
Additional Information: ESSDERC 96 26th European Solid State Device Research Conference. 9-11 Sep in Bologna, Italy
Venue - Dates: ESSDERC 96 26th European Solid State Device Research Conference, , Bologna, Italy, 1996-09-09 - 1996-09-11
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 252440
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/252440
PURE UUID: f6a7e661-de0d-41f3-9e9c-fa6e2f7fa8c6

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Date deposited: 28 Jan 2000
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 13:27

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Author: Y. Su
Author: A.G.R. Evans
Author: A. Brunnschweiler
Author: G.J. Ensell

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