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T1 An Unbiased MEMS Capacitance-Controlled Oscillator as a Microphone for HMI Applications
A1 Noviello, Michele
A1 Quintero Alonso, Andrés
A1 Patón Álvarez, Susana
AB MEMS microphones are usually DC biased with a voltage exceeding 10V and a large resistance, requiring a charge pump and a high-ohmic link between the ASIC and the MEMS. This DC biasing is needed to obtain enough sensitivity for medium to high quality microphones. This manuscript inves-tigates capacitance-controlled oscillators which allow to directly connect the MEMS sensor to the oscillator; this solution is prone to scaling. A new type of configuration (referred to as Cross-Connected Sensor) is presented and discussed. Its main advantage is the increase in the sensitivity and, when integrated in an ADC architecture, in the achievable SNR. The proposed solution is intended for Human-Machine Interface applications given their moderate SNR requirements.
PB IEEE
SN 978-1-6654-7309-5
YR 2022
FD 2022-11-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36801
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36801
LA eng
NO Proceeding of AUSTROCHIP 2022: 30th Austrian Workshop on Microelectronics, October 11th, Villach, Austria.
NO This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 956601.
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RD 1 jul. 2024