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A wake-up switch using a piezoelectric differential pressure sensor

  • Yutaka Tomimatsu
  • , Hidetoshi Takahashi
  • , Takeshi Kobayashi
  • , Kiyoshi Matsumoto
  • , Isao Shimoyama
  • , Toshihiro Itoh
  • , Ryutaro Maeda
  • NMEMS Technology Research Organization
  • The University of Tokyo
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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Abstract

This paper reports a wake-up switch using a piezoelectric differential pressure sensor in order to reduce the power consumption of a wireless sensor node. Air pressure change surrounding the sensor is detected by using a Pb(Zr, Ti)O3(PZT) thin film cantilever with the dimension of 1500 μm × 1000 μm × 2 μm. The sensor has high sensitivity with low power consumption due to its thin cantilever and low capacitance. The sensitivity was 2.4 mV/Pa from -30 Pa to 30 Pa. It was demonstrated that the fabricated sensor performed as a wake-up switch when pressure varies in 10 Pa with low power consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
Subtitle of host publicationSensing the Future, ISSNIP 2013
Pages23-26
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing: Sensing the Future, ISSNIP 2013 - Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Duration: 2 Apr 20135 Apr 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing: Sensing the Future, ISSNIP 2013
Volume1

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing: Sensing the Future, ISSNIP 2013
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne, VIC
Period2/04/135/04/13

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