An Experimental Study on the Fabrication of Glass-based Acceleration Sensor Body Using Micro Powder Blasting Method

Sensors

Dong-Sam Park¹  Dae-Jin Yun¹  Myeong-Woo Cho² 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Incheon, Incheon 402-749, Korea; E-mail:;Division of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea E-mail:

关键词: Acceleration sensor;    micro powder blasting;    micromachining;    masking;    etching;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s7050697

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This study investigated the feasibility of the micro powder blasting technique for the micro fabrication of sensor structures using the Pyrex glass to replace the existing silicon-based acceleration sensor fabrication processes. As the preliminary experiments, the effects of the blasting pressure, the mass flow rate of abrasive and the number of nozzle scanning times on erosion depth of the Pyrex and the soda lime glasses were examined. From the experimental results, optimal blasting conditions were selected for the Pyrex glass machining. The dimensions of the designed glass sensor was 1.7×1.7×0.6mm for the vibrating mass, and 2.9×0.7×0.2mm for the cantilever beam. The machining results showed that the dimensional errors of the machined glass sensor ranged from 3 μm in minimum to 20 μm in maximum. These results imply that the micro powder blasting method can be applied for the micromachining of glass-based acceleration sensors to replace the exiting method.

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