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The flow of
gas over the
surface of a
heated
element
produces
convective
heat loss at
a rate
proportional
to mass flow.
Mass flow sensors
For equilibrium
R1/R2 = R4/R3
Heating Sensing
1 2
1 2 1 2 1 2
Mass flow sensors
Heat1 – some heat, H, transferred to gas
Heat2 – very little heat transferred from H
Sense2 – some heat transferred from H
1 2 1 2 1 2
Mass flow sensors
F = m∙a
Acceleration sensors
Q and Bandwidth
Q and Bandwidth
Q and Bandwidth
Q and Bandwidth
Q and Bandwidth
Resonant frequency
Bandwidth
,
F = m∙a
Brownian noise
The change in noise with
time is random whereas
white noise is random
time
noise
power
amplitude Freq.
Timed etching
Acceleration sensors
Contacts On side
of wafer → Post-
processed
Acceleration sensors
Experimentally determined
that the biosensor behaves
like a capacitor in parallel
with a resistor
1.0Vpp
1.0Vpp
3.5kHz
3.5kHz
Measuring Capacitance
Differential Amplifier
(10x Gain)
Differential Amplifier
(10x Gain)