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A CMOS z-axis capacitive accelerometer with comb-finger sensing
H. Xie and G. Fedder
Proceedings of The 13th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '00), January, 2000, pp. 496 - 501.

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This paper reports the first design and experimental results of a z-axis accelerometer that utilizes the sidewall capacitance change of multi-conductor comb fingers. The accelerometer has a fully differential capacitive bridge interface and its fabrication is compatible with standard CMOS processes. The frequency response of the accelerometer is characterized both electrically and optically and about 9.3 kHz resonant frequency is measured, which matches MEMCAD simulation within 15%. Measured sensitivity is 0.5 mV/g with less than -40 dB cross-axis sensitivity, noise floor 6 mg/rtHz, and linear range from -27 g to 27 g.

Associated lab/group: Microelectromechanical Systems Laboratory

H. Xie and G. Fedder, "A CMOS z-axis capacitive accelerometer with comb-finger sensing," Proceedings of The 13th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '00), January, 2000, pp. 496 - 501.

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   author = "Huikai Xie and Gary Fedder",
   title = "A CMOS z-axis capacitive accelerometer with comb-finger sensing",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of The 13th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '00)",
   month = "January",
   year = "2000",
   pages = "496 - 501"
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