{"title":"Piezoresistive pressure sensor with dual-unit configuration for on-chip self-compensation and suppression of temperature drift","authors":"J. C. Wang, X. Xia, H. Zou, F. Song, Xinxin Li","doi":"10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2013.6627129","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"With our developed MIS (Microholes Inter-etch & Sealing) micromachining process that is implemented only from the front-side of single-side polished (111) silicon wafers, a novel piezoresistive pressure sensing unit and another identically structured pressure-insensitive dummy unit are on-chip integrated compactly to eliminate unbalance factors induced temperature-drift by mutual compensation between the two units. In addition, the two units are both suspended from silicon substrate to suppress the packaging-stress. The high-performance pressure sensors are low-cost fabricated in a single (111)-wafer by repeatedly using the single-sided MIS process. The tested ultra-low TCO (temperature coefficient of offset) of 0.002%/°C·FS (-40°C to +125°C) well verifies the highly stable performance of the developed sensor structure.","PeriodicalId":202479,"journal":{"name":"2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2013.6627129","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
With our developed MIS (Microholes Inter-etch & Sealing) micromachining process that is implemented only from the front-side of single-side polished (111) silicon wafers, a novel piezoresistive pressure sensing unit and another identically structured pressure-insensitive dummy unit are on-chip integrated compactly to eliminate unbalance factors induced temperature-drift by mutual compensation between the two units. In addition, the two units are both suspended from silicon substrate to suppress the packaging-stress. The high-performance pressure sensors are low-cost fabricated in a single (111)-wafer by repeatedly using the single-sided MIS process. The tested ultra-low TCO (temperature coefficient of offset) of 0.002%/°C·FS (-40°C to +125°C) well verifies the highly stable performance of the developed sensor structure.