Ultra-Sensitive Force Transduction in Weakly Coupled Resonators

Hemin Zhang*, Milind Pandit, Jiangkun Sun, Dongyang Chen, Guillermo Sobreviela, Chun Zhao, Ashwin Seshia

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Abstract

This paper, for the first time, reports on a transducer configuration employing weakly coupled resonators demonstrating significant modal overlap. Existing multimode/mode-localized sensors conventionally operate in a regime where modal overlap is negligible; however, theoretically, the sensitivity of such systems significantly increases as the coupling strength between resonators is reduced, moving the system to a regime described by modal overlap. In this work, operation in the modal overlap regime is made possible with consequent benefits in input-referred resolution and stability. Specifically, a coupled resonator microsystem subject to electrostatic stiffness perturbations shows a sensitivity enhancement of 33682 and an input-referred amplitude ratio stability of 28.2ppb, demonstrating a ∼3x improvement in resolution compared to the resonant frequency shift technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2020
PublisherIEEE
Pages795-798
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728135809
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Apr 2020
Event33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2020 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 18 Jan 202022 Jan 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Volume2020-January
ISSN (Print)1084-6999

Conference

Conference33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2020
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period18/01/2022/01/20

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Keywords

  • amplitude ratio
  • high-sensitivity
  • modal overlap
  • sensors
  • Vibration mode localization
  • weak coupling

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