• DocumentCode
    3429566
  • Title

    A monolithic CMOS/MEMS accelerometer with zero-g calibration readout circuit

  • Author

    Yu-Sian Liu ; Chien-Jo Huang ; Fu-Yen Kuo ; Kuei-Ann Wen ; Long-Sheng Fan

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-4 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    2106
  • Lastpage
    2110
  • Abstract
    A monolithic accelerometer design with zero-g calibration with TSMC 0.18 μm mixed-signal 1P6M process is presented. On-chip digital offset calibration enables compensation of random mechanical offset in the sensor due to process variation. The maximum 21 fF capacitance mismatch can be calibrated. The simulation results show that the whole system have 452.1 mV/g sensitivity. The power consumption is about 1.16 mW. The output noise is 26.85 μg/√Hz at 1KHz.
  • Keywords
    accelerometers; calibration; microsensors; monolithic integrated circuits; mixed-signal 1P6M process; monolithic CMOS-MEMS accelerometer design; on-chip digital offset calibration; random mechanical offset; zero-g calibration readout circuit; Accelerometers; CMOS integrated circuits; Calibration; Capacitance; Noise; Radiation detectors; Registers; Accelerometer; Capacitive Readout; Offset Calibration; Readout Circuit; Zero-g Calibration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    EUROCON, 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Zagreb
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2230-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUROCON.2013.6625271
  • Filename
    6625271