Piezoresistive accelerometer with a cantilever of a cross-section of the form "T" :
Basic features:
Sensitivity to in-plane accelerations
Two piezoresistors, located on the cantilever upper surface symmetrically about the neutral plane, exposed to a contraction, and dilatation, respectively.
If the silicon material used for sensor fabrication has the orientation <100>, the longitudinal and transversal piezoresistive coefficients are given as follows:
N-type piezoresistors in a P-type silicon substrate were chosen for their high piezoelectric coefficient p11
Wheatstone bridge containing these piezoresistors gives the output voltage of:
Accelerometer sensitivity equal to 0.7 mV/g/5V and the resonant frequency equal to 1.2 kHz was reported
Silicon oil can be applied in order to increase the attenuation