The dual cycle bridge detection of piezoresistive triaxial accelerometer based on MEMS technology  

作　　者：张娟婷 何常德 张慧 李玉平 张永平 杜春晖 张文栋 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Instrumentation Science & Dynamic Measurement,Ministry of Education,North University of China [2]Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Electronic Test & Measurement,North University of China

出　　处：《Journal of Semiconductors》2014年第6期80-89,共10页半导体学报（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the National Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China(No.61011140351);the Special Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61127008)

摘　　要：A cycle bridge detection method, which uses a piezoresistive triaxial accelerometer, has been described innovatively. This method just uses eight resistors to form a cycle detection bridge, which can detect the signal of the three directions for real time. It breaks the law of the ordinary independent Wheatstone bridge detection method, which uses at least 12 resistors and each four resistors connected as a Wheatstone bridge to detect the output signal from a specific direction. In order to verify the feasibility of this method, the modeling and simulating of the sensor structure have been conducted by ANSYS, then the dual cycle bridge detection method and independent Wheatstone bridge detection method are compared, the result shows that the former method can improve the sensitivity of the sensor effectively. The sensitivity of the x, y-axis used in the former method is two times that of the sensor used in the latter method, and the sensitivity of the z-axis is four times. At the same time, it can also reduce the cross-axis coupling degree of the sensor used in the dual cycle bridge detection method. In addition, a signal amplifier circuit and adder circuit have been provided, Finally, the test result of the ＂eight-beams/mass＂ triaxial accelerometer, which is based on the dual cycle bridge detection method and the related circuits, have been provided. The results of the test and the theoretical analysis are consistent, on the whole.A cycle bridge detection method, which uses a piezoresistive triaxial accelerometer, has been described innovatively. This method just uses eight resistors to form a cycle detection bridge, which can detect the signal of the three directions for real time. It breaks the law of the ordinary independent Wheatstone bridge detection method, which uses at least 12 resistors and each four resistors connected as a Wheatstone bridge to detect the output signal from a specific direction. In order to verify the feasibility of this method, the modeling and simulating of the sensor structure have been conducted by ANSYS, then the dual cycle bridge detection method and independent Wheatstone bridge detection method are compared, the result shows that the former method can improve the sensitivity of the sensor effectively. The sensitivity of the x, y-axis used in the former method is two times that of the sensor used in the latter method, and the sensitivity of the z-axis is four times. At the same time, it can also reduce the cross-axis coupling degree of the sensor used in the dual cycle bridge detection method. In addition, a signal amplifier circuit and adder circuit have been provided, Finally, the test result of the ＂eight-beams/mass＂ triaxial accelerometer, which is based on the dual cycle bridge detection method and the related circuits, have been provided. The results of the test and the theoretical analysis are consistent, on the whole.

关 键 词：PIEZORESISTIVE triaxial accelerometer cycle detection bridge MEMS 

分 类 号：TH824.4[机械工程—仪器科学与技术]