Characteristics Research of a High Sensitivity Piezoelectric MOSFET Acceleration Sensor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2.2. Operating Principle
3. Fabrication Technology
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Test System
4.2. Frequency Characteristic of the Piezoelectric Beam
4.3. IDS-VDS Characteristic of MOSFET with Piezoelectric Beam
4.4. Sensitivity Characteristic of PMAS
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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E (GPa) | ρ (Kg/m3) | π | lb (μm) | wb (μm) | hb (μm) | lm (μm) | wm (μm) | hm (μm) |
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190 | 2330 | 3.14 | 6000 | 2400 | 80 | 1000 | 2700 | 395 |
Transduction | Material | Die Area (mm2) | Sensitivity (V/g) | Reference |
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Piezoelectric | Li doped ZnO | 9.8 × 5.8 | 2.05 at resonance frequency | this work |
Piezoelectric | AlN | 2.3 × 2.3 | 0.355 | [38] |
Piezoelectric | V doped ZnO | - | 3.528 at resonance frequency | [25] |
Piezoelectric | V doped ZnO | - | 1.9 at resonance frequency | [39] |
piezoresistive | Si | 3.5 × 3.5 | 0.004 | [40] |
piezoresistive | Si | 2 × 2 | 0.106 | [41] |
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Ai, C.; Zhao, X.; Wen, D. Characteristics Research of a High Sensitivity Piezoelectric MOSFET Acceleration Sensor. Sensors 2020, 20, 4988. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174988
Ai C, Zhao X, Wen D. Characteristics Research of a High Sensitivity Piezoelectric MOSFET Acceleration Sensor. Sensors. 2020; 20(17):4988. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174988
Chicago/Turabian StyleAi, Chunpeng, **aofeng Zhao, and Dianzhong Wen. 2020. "Characteristics Research of a High Sensitivity Piezoelectric MOSFET Acceleration Sensor" Sensors 20, no. 17: 4988. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174988