• DocumentCode
    2498656
  • Title

    A Micromachined Electrostatic Field Sensor with Vertical Thermal Actuator

  • Author

    Ye, Chao ; Peng, Chunrong ; Chen, Xianxiang ; Xia, Shanhong

  • Author_Institution
    Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    22-25 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1419
  • Lastpage
    1421
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a micromachined electrostatic field sensor with U-shaped vertical thermal actuators. The sensor is fabricated with a standard surface micromachining process and the area of the sensor is less than 2.5 mm times 2.5 mm. We tested the sensor with low driving voltages of +0.6 V, and a high resolution of 200 V/m has been achieved by the sensor.
  • Keywords
    electric sensing devices; electrostatic actuators; micromachining; U-shaped vertical thermal actuators; micromachined electrostatic field sensor; surface micromachining process; Ceramics; Chaos; Circuit testing; Electrodes; Electrostatic actuators; Fabrication; Low voltage; Micromachining; Thermal sensors; Transducers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2006. 5th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Daegu
  • ISSN
    1930-0395
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0375-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1930-0395
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2007.355898
  • Filename
    4178893