Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
8-1-2016
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
Source ISSN
0924-4247
Abstract
A typical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) pressure sensor consists of a thin, deformable membrane and sensing element such as a piezoresistive element which is used to measure the amount of deflection in response to an applied pressure. Previous efforts demonstrated that buckled membranes, from silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers, can be thermally tuned via joule heating. By applying heat to the membrane through a resistive heating element, compressive stress is induced in the membrane causing it to buckle further out of plane and increasing its overall stiffness response. It is demonstrated that by increasing the stiffness of the membrane, the response to an increase in pressure can be varied and its overall sensitivity to pressure can be reduced by up to 62%.
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Recommended Citation
Lake, Robert A. and Coutu, Ronald A. Jr., "Variable Response of a Thermally Tuned MEMS Pressure Sensor" (2016). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 343.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/electric_fac/343
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Comments
Accepted version. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 246 (August 1, 2016): 156-162. DOI. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
Ronald A. Coutu Jr. was affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology 2950 Hobson Way, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH at the time of publication.