Electret accelerometers: Physics and dynamic characterization

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3682-3689

  Hillenbrand, J ^a   Haberzettl, S ^a   Motz, T ^a   Sessler, G M ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES; AIR-GAP DISTANCE; BACK ELECTRODE; BACKPLATE; CALCULATED VALUES; CAPACITIVE ACCELEROMETERS; CELLULAR POLYMER; CHARGE SENSITIVITY; DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRET FILMS; ELECTRET MICROPHONE; ELECTRODYNAMIC SHAKERS; LOW-COST DESIGN; PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECTS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESTORING FORCES; SEISMIC MASS; STATIC PRESSURE; STRUCTURE BORNE SOUND; VOLTAGE AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE SENSITIVITY;

ACCELEROMETERS; MICROPHONES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONANCE; SEISMOLOGY; SENSORS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ELECTRETS;

METAL; POLYMER;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 79959433713     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3585833     Document Type: Article

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