(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-12-08)
Brand, Oliver
The presentation discusses resonant MEMS and, in
particular, resonant microsensors, in which the measurand affects a characteristic of the resonance behavior of a
microstructure, such as its resonance frequency or quality factor. The seminar will cover the theoretical background of
resonant MEMS and discuss different ways of how the measurand can interact with the resonance characteristics of a
MEMS structure. The resonant MEMS concepts will be explained using a number of examples, including chemical
sensors and magnetic field sensors.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-10-21)
Brand, Oliver
The presentation gives an introduction to resonant microsensors providing a frequency output signal. These sensors generally benefit from an excellent frequency resolution, which is ideally limited only by the length of the counting period and the short-term frequency stability of the microstructure's resonance frequency. Device-level and system-level approaches to generate a measurand-dependent frequency signal are discussed and concepts to improve Q-factor, short-term frequency stability and ultimately sensor resolution are highlighted. Furthermore, the presentation discusses frequency drift challenges and introduces methods for drift compensation. The above concepts and approaches are illustrated using two resonant microsensor examples: (i) a mass-sensitive microsensor platform for gas- and liquid-phase chemical sensing based on disktype silicon microstructures and (ii) a cantilever-based resonant magnetic microsensor with a resolution suitable for Earth field applications.