Mems Capacitive Accelerometer: (Design and Fabrication)
Mems Capacitive Accelerometer: (Design and Fabrication)
ACCELEROMETER
(Design and Fabrication)
Presented by:-
PRASHANT SINGH
OUTLINE
Introduction
MEMS
MEMS vs. IC’s
Accelerometer
Basic operation principle
Capacitive Accelerometer
Capacitance basics
Sensing mechanism
Structure analysis (spring stiffness)
Advantages
Accelerometer fabrication
Applications
INTRODUCTION
MEMS
Micro-Electro-mechanical-system
Integration of mechanical unit, electrical unit, sensor and
actuator on a single substrate.
MEMS:
MEMS move and Sense Mass.
MEMS act as transducer (Sensor & Actuator).
IC
IC’s move & sense electrons.
IC’s acts as sensor not actuator.
MEMS Advantage
Smaller
Lighter
Economical
ACCELEROMETER
Inertial sensor:
Newton’s 1st law (Mass of inertia).
Device used to measure:
Acceleration
Displacement
Force
Inclination
Design Approach:
Piezoelectric
Piezoresistive
Tunneling
Capacitive, etc.
High sensitivity.
Easy readout circuitry.
Fabrication on silicon.
-prebaking photoresist
oxide
FABRICATION PROCESS CONTD..
SiO2 etch (iv) oxide
Silicon
oxide
–buffer HF
(iv
silicon
-etch rate ≈ 1000Å/min.
oxide
Silicon etch(v)
-PR removal
-Anisotropic Si etch
-THAH solution used
oxide
-V groove formation (v
silicon
oxide
FABRICATION PROCESS CONTD..
SiO2 removal (vi)
-Buffer HF oxide
Metallization (vii)
-2nd level mask
-Al deposited
-temp. 650ºC oxide
silicon (vi
ACCELEROMETER FABRICATION CONTD..
Accelerometer (1st level mask, PR developed)
photoresist
Si
SiO2
APPLICATIONS
Automotive
Crash detection & Air bag deployment.
Consumer Electronics
hard disk protection(laptops)
screen rotation (mobile)
Image stabilization (camera)
Industrial
Vibration detection (machine)
crack detection (pulley)
Aerospace & Defence
Navigation
Missile guidance
Thrust detection
Accelerometer application
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