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Paper Abstract
The motion of the seismic mass that is induced by thermal noise limits the resolution of typical micromachined
vibration sensors. Its value can be adjusted by the size of the proof mass which is also a quantity for the
inertial actuation input. Owing to a novel transduction concept, micro-opto-electro-mechanical vibration sensors
featuring approximately twice as much mass per chip area are feasible, while decreasing the technological efforts
during fabrication. The essence of the devised sensor principle is the modulation of the intensity of a light
flux propagating perpendicularly through a pair of micromachined apertures. One aperture is fixed to the
encapsulation and the second one is deffected by inertial forces. Earlier attempts have employed opto-electrical
transmitters and receivers operating at a wavelength where silicon is intransparent. Thus, openings in the silicon
mass were necessary. The presented evaluation technique utilizes the transparency of silicon in the infrared region
at wavelengths well above 1.1 μm. In contrast to the previously used optoelectronic components, an InGaAs LED
and an InGaAs pin-diode were integrated. This all enables of thin-film metal apertures deposited on top of the
silicon seismic mass instead of etched silicon windows. Beside the increase in mass, this approach offers larger
scope for design and implies a reduced damping coefficient yielding an improved quality factor. A structure for
the proof of concept was fabricated and characterized together with a sensor based on the preceding principle.
The results are in good agreement with the predicted behavior and the parameters tested by FEM analysis
considering the fabrication related underetching as well.
Paper Details
Date Published: 17 May 2013
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8763, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS VI, 876329 (17 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2017628
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8763:
Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS VI
Ulrich Schmid; José Luis Sánchez de Rojas Aldavero; Monika Leester-Schaedel, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8763, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS VI, 876329 (17 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2017628
Show Author Affiliations
Wilfried Hortschitz, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Vienna Univ. of Technology (Austria)
Andreas Kainz, Vienna Univ. of Technology (Austria)
Jörg Encke, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Franz Kohl, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Vienna Univ. of Technology (Austria)
Andreas Kainz, Vienna Univ. of Technology (Austria)
Jörg Encke, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Franz Kohl, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Harald Steiner, Vienna Univ. of Technology (Austria)
Michael Stifter, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Thilo Sauter, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Franz Keplinger, Vienna Univ. of Technology (Austria)
Michael Stifter, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Thilo Sauter, Institute for Integrated Sensor Systems (Austria)
Franz Keplinger, Vienna Univ. of Technology (Austria)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8763:
Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS VI
Ulrich Schmid; José Luis Sánchez de Rojas Aldavero; Monika Leester-Schaedel, Editor(s)
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