High Frequency Thin-Film Piezoelectric Resonant Micro-Accelerometers with A Capacitive Mass-Spring Transducer

Todi, Ankesh; Mansoorzare, Hakhamanesh; Moradian, Siamak; Abdolvand, Reza

doi:10.1109/sensors47125.2020.9278836

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“…As a kind of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) accelerometer, a silicon resonant micro-accelerometer has the advantages of a direct digital signal output, high sensitivity, high resolution, wide dynamic range, strong anti-interference ability, and good stability [1][2][3][4][5]. It has the advantage of being useable to develop a higher-precision microelectromechanical accelerometer.…”

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Structural Design and Optimization of a Resonant Micro-Accelerometer Based on Electrostatic Stiffness by an Improved Differential Evolution Algorithm

Huang

Qin

et al. 2021

Micromachines

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This study designed an in-plane resonant micro-accelerometer based on electrostatic stiffness. The accelerometer adopts a one-piece proof mass structure; two double-folded beam resonators are symmetrically distributed inside the proof mass, and only one displacement is introduced under the action of acceleration, which reduces the influence of processing errors on the performance of the accelerometer. The two resonators form a differential structure that can diminish the impact of common-mode errors. This accelerometer realizes the separation of the introduction of electrostatic stiffness and the detection of resonant frequency, which is conducive to the decoupling of accelerometer signals. An improved differential evolution algorithm was developed to optimize the scale factor of the accelerometer. Through the final elimination principle, excellent individuals are preserved, and the most suitable parameters are allocated to the surviving individuals to stimulate the offspring to find the globally optimal ability. The algorithm not only maintains the global optimality but also reduces the computational complexity of the algorithm and deterministically realizes the optimization of the accelerometer scale factor. The electrostatic stiffness resonant micro-accelerometer was fabricated by deep dry silicon-on-glass (DDSOG) technology. The unloaded resonant frequency of the accelerometer resonant beam was between 24 and 26 kHz, and the scale factor of the packaged accelerometer was between 54 and 59 Hz/g. The average error between the optimization result and the actual scale factor was 7.03%. The experimental results verified the rationality of the structural design.

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