Design and analysis of high resonant frequency (1 MHz) MEMS accelerometer

The present paper deals with the design of single axis folded beam electro-statically actuated comb-drive based accelerometer for high resonant frequency range (1 MHz) application. The accelerometer design and analysis is carried out in accordance with standard SOI single mask technology using MEMS Pro v5.1 simulation tool.

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