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A high performance accelerometer with fifth-order sigma-delta modulator

A high performance accelerometer with fifth-order sigma-delta modulator
A high performance accelerometer with fifth-order sigma-delta modulator
To verify the effectiveness of higher-order electromechanical sigma-delta modulator (EAM), a micromachined accelerometer is fabricated. The in-plane sensor with fully differential structure has a mechanical noise floor below static sensitivity 20pF/g and resonant frequency 325Hz. Analyses are performed to these key parameters. The silicon-on-glass sensor is fabricated by Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) and anodic bonding. Compared with a second-order electro-mechanical EAM, which only uses mechanical integration, the sensor is cascaded with additional electronic integrators to form a fifth-order electromechanical EAM, which leads to better Signal to Quantization Noise Ratio (SQNR).
Key words: Micromachined accelerometer, sigma-delta modulator.
41-44
Dong, Yufeng
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Kraft, Michael
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Gollasch, Carsten
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Dong, Yufeng
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Kraft, Michael
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Gollasch, Carsten
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Dong, Yufeng, Kraft, Michael and Gollasch, Carsten (2004) A high performance accelerometer with fifth-order sigma-delta modulator. 15th MicroMechanics Europe Workshop, , Leuven, Belgium. 04 - 06 Sep 2004. pp. 41-44 .

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Abstract

To verify the effectiveness of higher-order electromechanical sigma-delta modulator (EAM), a micromachined accelerometer is fabricated. The in-plane sensor with fully differential structure has a mechanical noise floor below static sensitivity 20pF/g and resonant frequency 325Hz. Analyses are performed to these key parameters. The silicon-on-glass sensor is fabricated by Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) and anodic bonding. Compared with a second-order electro-mechanical EAM, which only uses mechanical integration, the sensor is cascaded with additional electronic integrators to form a fifth-order electromechanical EAM, which leads to better Signal to Quantization Noise Ratio (SQNR).
Key words: Micromachined accelerometer, sigma-delta modulator.

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Published date: 2004
Additional Information: Event Dates: 5 - 7 September 2004
Venue - Dates: 15th MicroMechanics Europe Workshop, , Leuven, Belgium, 2004-09-04 - 2004-09-06
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 259929
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/259929
PURE UUID: 39157b23-68c0-4d88-ab0d-8a157bde5b7b

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Date deposited: 13 Sep 2004
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 21:07

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Author: Yufeng Dong
Author: Michael Kraft
Author: Carsten Gollasch

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