A wireless batch sealed absolute capacitive pressure sensor

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2001-12-15

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Akar, O.
Akın, Tayfun
Najafi, K.

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This paper reports the development of an absolute wireless pressure sensor that consists of a capacitive sensor and a gold-electroplated planar coil. Applied pressure deflects a 6 mum-thin silicon diaphragm, changing the capacitance formed between it and a metal electrode supported on a glass substrate. The resonant frequency of the LC circuit formed by the capacitor and the inductor changes as the capacitance changes; this change is sensed remotely through inductive coupling, eliminating the need for wire connection or implanted telemetry circuits. The sensor is fabricated using the dissolved-wafer process and utilizes a boron-doped silicon diaphragm supported on an insulating glass substrate. The complete sensor measures 2.6 mm x 1.6 mm in size and incorporates a 24-turns gold-electroplated coil that has a measured inductance of 1.2 muH. The sensor is designed to provide a resonant frequency change in the range 95-103 MHz for a pressure change in the range 0-50 mmHg with respect to ambient pressure, providing a pressure responsivity and sensitivity of 160 kHz/mmHg and 1553 ppm/mmHg, respectively. The measured pressure responsivity and sensitivity of the fabricated device are 120 kHz/mmHg and 1579 ppm/mmHg, respectively.

Subject Keywords

Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Condensed Matter Physics, Metals and Alloys

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49269

Journal

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0924-4247(01)00753-1

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Article

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O. Akar, T. Akın, and K. Najafi, “A wireless batch sealed absolute capacitive pressure sensor,” Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, pp. 29–38, 2001, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49269.