A Study of Optimizing Lamb Wave Acoustic Mass Sensors’ Performance through Adjustment of the Transduction Electrode Metallization Ratio

Gholami, Fatemeh; Shih, Andy; Robichaud, Alexandre et Cicek, Paul-Vahé (2022). « A Study of Optimizing Lamb Wave Acoustic Mass Sensors’ Performance through Adjustment of the Transduction Electrode Metallization Ratio ». Sensors, 22(17), p. 6428.

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This paper presents the design and simulation of a mass sensitive Lamb wave microsensor with CMOS technology provided by SilTerra. In this work, the effects of the metalization ratio variation on the transmission gain, total harmonic distortion (THD), and two different resonant modes (around 66 MHz and 86 MHz) are shown. It has been found that the metalization ratio can be adjusted in order to obtain a compromise between transmission gain and sensitivity, depending on the design criteria. By adding a Si3 N4 layer on top of the device, a five-fold improvement in transmission gain is reached. It was also shown that the transmission of the input differential IDT configuration is 20% more efficient than a single terminal. With this combination, the mass sensitivity is about 114 [cm2 /gr].

Type: Article de revue scientifique
Mots-clés ou Sujets: lamb wave; mass sensing; microsensor; metalization ratio; CMOS; THD; acoustic microsensor
Unité d'appartenance: Faculté des sciences > Département d'informatique
Déposé par: Paul-Vahé Cicek
Date de dépôt: 05 oct. 2022 08:08
Dernière modification: 05 oct. 2022 08:08
Adresse URL : http://archipel.uqam.ca/id/eprint/15907

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