
This study investigated the application of energy-consume concept on a silicon resonant accelerometer (SRA) to address design issues. Constrained by micro-fabrication technology, structure of the SRA is formed by resonators, micro-lever mechanisms, proof mass and multi flexures. They are referred to as compliant mechanisms. Based on the energy conservation law, an energy theoretical model on the structure of the sensor has been built and structural parameters were obtained using this novel method. Sensitivity of the structure after optimization has been increased from 127Hz/g to 157.4Hz/g, while the energy transmitted to the force resonators has been increased from 24.33% to nearly 60%. Results of closed-form and tests exhibited in good agreement. The bias stability(1σ) removing the start time was 13.7μg. The sensitivity nolinearity within ± 40g was 136.6ppm. The SRA showed very good properties after optimization. This indicates that this energy-consume method has a good potential on MEMS sensors geometrical design.
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