Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3953: Microelectromechanical System-Based Electrochemical Seismometers with Two Pairs of Electrodes Integrated on One Chip

Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3953: Microelectromechanical System-Based Electrochemical Seismometers with Two Pairs of Electrodes Integrated on One Chip
Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19183953
Authors:
Xichen Zheng
Deyong Chen
Junbo Wang
Jian Chen
Chao Xu
Wenjie Qi
Bowen Liu

This paper presents microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based electrochemical seismometers with two pairs of electrodes integrated on one chip. Both theoretical analysis and numerical simulations were conducted to reveal the working principle of the proposed electrochemical seismometers, finding that flow holes distributed on cathodes rather than anodes can produce significantly higher sensitivities. The proposed electrochemical seismometers were fabricated based on conventional micromachined processes with high fabrication repeatability. Sensitivity measurements of the proposed seismometers and their commercial counterpart of CME6011 were conducted, indicating the sensitivities of the proposed seismometer with flow holes on cathodes were two orders higher than the counterpart with flow holes on anodes and one order higher than CME6011 at dominant frequencies. Measurements of random ground motions based on the proposed seismometer with flow holes on cathodes and CME6011 were conducted, producing comparable noise levels without observable ground motions and high correlations in response to random events of ground motions. These results validated the functionality of the proposed electrochemical seism...

Source: Sensors - September 12, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Xichen Zheng Deyong Chen Junbo Wang Jian Chen Chao Xu Wenjie Qi Bowen Liu Tags: Article Source Type: research