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Allan variance analysis on MEMS tilt sensors with different principles of operation

HAVRÁNEK, Z.; KLUSÁČEK, S.; BENEŠ, P.; VÁGNER, M.

Original Title

Allan variance analysis on MEMS tilt sensors with different principles of operation

English Title

Allan variance analysis on MEMS tilt sensors with different principles of operation

Type

Paper in proceedings (conference paper)

Original Abstract

Tilt sensing is an important part in absolute position and orientation measurement, e.g. inertial navigation units and tilt detectors. In this paper, the direct comparison of three MEMS tilt sensors with different principle of operation has been carried out and evaluated using Allan Variance (AV) method. Selected samples represent major principles used in MEMS accelerometers on the market - capacitive Analog Devices ADXL203, thermal MEMSIC MXA6500M and piezoresistive Panasonic AGS61231. All devices have similar measurement range and acceleration sensitivity. The results of AV analysis show similar behavior and curve shape in capacitive principle, with the lowest acceleration random walk observed, and in thermal principle, with six times higher bias instability in compare with capacitive principle. The piezoresistive principle has lower velocity random walk, but it is very sensitive to temperature variations, seen in long cluster times.

English abstract

Tilt sensing is an important part in absolute position and orientation measurement, e.g. inertial navigation units and tilt detectors. In this paper, the direct comparison of three MEMS tilt sensors with different principle of operation has been carried out and evaluated using Allan Variance (AV) method. Selected samples represent major principles used in MEMS accelerometers on the market - capacitive Analog Devices ADXL203, thermal MEMSIC MXA6500M and piezoresistive Panasonic AGS61231. All devices have similar measurement range and acceleration sensitivity. The results of AV analysis show similar behavior and curve shape in capacitive principle, with the lowest acceleration random walk observed, and in thermal principle, with six times higher bias instability in compare with capacitive principle. The piezoresistive principle has lower velocity random walk, but it is very sensitive to temperature variations, seen in long cluster times.

Keywords

MEMS accelerometer, tilt sensing, Allan variance, thermal accelerometer

Key words in English

MEMS accelerometer, tilt sensing, Allan variance, thermal accelerometer

Authors

HAVRÁNEK, Z.; KLUSÁČEK, S.; BENEŠ, P.; VÁGNER, M.

RIV year

2012

Released

28.10.2011

Publisher

IEEE

Location

Limerick, Ireland

ISBN

978-1-4244-9288-6

Book

2011 IEEE SENSORS Proceedings

Pages from

1685

Pages to

1688

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT74701,
  author="Zdeněk {Havránek} and Stanislav {Klusáček} and Petr {Beneš} and Martin {Vágner}",
  title="Allan variance analysis on MEMS tilt sensors with different principles of operation",
  booktitle="2011 IEEE SENSORS Proceedings",
  year="2011",
  number="1",
  pages="1685--1688",
  publisher="IEEE",
  address="Limerick, Ireland",
  isbn="978-1-4244-9288-6"
}