Development of sensors and interface electronics for consumer and industrial applications

Accelerometers are a type of sensor that have various applications from everyday handheld devices such as smart phones to complex systems such as airplanes. Sensors are devices that we use to “see”, “hear” or” sense” the environment around us. With accelerometers, we are measuring motions. When there is movement and as a result an acceleration is applied to a device, there is mass in the structure that moves, this movement can change some properties of the sensor; in this case, the capacitor on the device will change and with electronic interface we are measuring the change in the capacitance; Finally a current or voltage proportional to the applied acceleration will be produced, and we can use that output to determine the movement/position.

Faculty Supervisor:

Behraad Bahreyni

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Partner:

CMC Microsystems

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

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