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A three-axis CMOS-MEMS accelerometer structure with vertically integrated fully differential sensing electrodes

Tsai et al., 2012

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1737692795717231312
Author
Tsai M
Liu Y
Fang W
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of microelectromechanical systems

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This study presents a novel CMOS-microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) three-axis accelerometer design using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 0.18-μm one- poly-Si six-metal/dielectric CMOS process. The multilayer metal and dielectric stacking …
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