TY - GEN
T1 - An improved low-power low-noise dual-chopper amplifier for capacitive CMOS-MEMS accelerometers
AU - Sun, Hongzhi
AU - Maarouf, Fares
AU - Fang, Deyou
AU - Jia, Kemiao
AU - Xie, Huikai
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper reports an improved low-power low-noise dual-chopper amplifier (DCA) for capacitive CMOS-MEMS accelerometers. The new DCA employs an on-chip band-gap voltage reference to reduce the number of bonding pads and the complexity of the external circuits. The temperature drifting of the first-stage gain is reduced by using PMOS instead of NMOS as an active load. A prototype DCA with a three-axis accelerometer has been fabricated using the TSMC 0.35 μm technology. The number of required bonding pads is reduced from 21 to 14, and the temperature sensitivity is reduced from 1.2 × 10 -3/°C to m × 10-4°C.
AB - This paper reports an improved low-power low-noise dual-chopper amplifier (DCA) for capacitive CMOS-MEMS accelerometers. The new DCA employs an on-chip band-gap voltage reference to reduce the number of bonding pads and the complexity of the external circuits. The temperature drifting of the first-stage gain is reduced by using PMOS instead of NMOS as an active load. A prototype DCA with a three-axis accelerometer has been fabricated using the TSMC 0.35 μm technology. The number of required bonding pads is reduced from 21 to 14, and the temperature sensitivity is reduced from 1.2 × 10 -3/°C to m × 10-4°C.
KW - CMOS-MEMS accelerometer
KW - Dual-chopper amplifier
KW - Low noise
KW - Low power
KW - Three-axis accelerometer
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U2 - 10.1109/NEMS.2008.4484505
DO - 10.1109/NEMS.2008.4484505
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50249167790
SN - 9781424419081
T3 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS
SP - 1075
EP - 1080
BT - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2008
T2 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2008
Y2 - 6 January 2008 through 9 January 2008
ER -