A simple out of plane capacitive MEMS accelerometer utilizing lateral and vertical electrodes for differential sensing

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2015-11-01

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Terzioglu, Yunus
Kose, Talha
Azgın, Kıvanç
Akın, Tayfun

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This paper presents an out-of-plane (z-axis) accelerometer, which incorporates the use of two different MEMS capacitive electrode structures in combination for implementing a linear closed-loop system. During the implementation, the complexity of the design and fabrication steps of the sensing element is kept at a minimum. The proposed accelerometer uses capacitive MEMS sensing element fabricated with a 4-mask process. This sensing element includes a comb finger type lateral electrode and a vertical parallel plate electrode placed beneath the proof mass. During the closed-loop operation, the proof mass is electrostatically pulled down towards the substrate so that the lateral comb electrode can be used as a varying overlap type capacitor. Thus, the bottom and the comb electrodes form a "hybrid" differential capacitor pair, which is suitable to use with a closed-loop, force rebalancing readout circuit such as in [1], and acceleration can be sensed linearly in z-axis with low zero-g offset.

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Differential, Readout, Closed Loop, Z Axis, Capacitive, Accelerometer, Comb Fingers, Hybrid

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/40404

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https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2015.7370306

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Y. Terzioglu, T. Kose, K. Azgın, and T. Akın, “A simple out of plane capacitive MEMS accelerometer utilizing lateral and vertical electrodes for differential sensing,” 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/40404.