High sensitivity serves as the key indicator for micro-mass sensor to accurately detect substances such as bacteria
virus and gases etc. In spite of the fact that the detection sensitivity can be improved by vibration of miniaturized high order mode micro-cantilever
the micro-size effect
at the same time
lowers anti-jamming capability of the sensor. Hence
how to improve the sensitivity of high-order mode sensor under special size constraint has been leading edge problem for sensor design. In this paper
based on the impacts of cantilever configuration
piezoelectric layer size and effective mass distribution on the vibration mode
a sensitivity analysis mode for piezoelectric driving multi-stepped micro-mass sensor was established; and
with sensor sensitivity improvement as the goal
a optimization design model for cantilever configuration in high-order mode was created
thus obtaining a cantilever structure with the highest sensitivity in different vibration modes
which helped achieve a sensitivity improvement of 10.0~15.0 times in sensor of different sizes. Considering the constraint of driving position and manufacturing cost
a high-order mode micro-mass sensor with six-step cantilever structure was designed and developed. The results show that sensitivity of the micro-mass sensor with six-step cantilever structure (overall length: 17.6 mm) is 18.8×10
4
Hz/g. Taking the impact of manufacturing error into consideration
its sensitivity under second-order mode is 10.0 times higher than that of the sensor with cantilever structure of the same size and cross section
with an improvement of 19.8 times compared with sensor of the same size under first-order mode. In this way
effectiveness and feasibility of the method for sensitivity improvement of high-order mode micro-mass sensor are verified.
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