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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2004.28.9.1297

Reliability Assessment of MEMS Gyroscope Sensor  

Choi, Min-Seog (삼성종합기술원 MEMS Lab.)
Choa, Sung-Hoon (삼성종합기술원 MEMS Lab.)
Kim, Jong-Seok (삼성종합기술원 MEMS Lab.)
Jeong, Hee-Moon (삼성종합기술원 MEMS Lab.)
Song, In-Seob (삼성종합기술원 MEMS Lab.)
Cho, Yong-Chul (삼성종합기술원 MEMS Lab.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.28, no.9, 2004 , pp. 1297-1305 More about this Journal
Abstract
Reliability of MEMS devices is receiving more attention as they are heading towards commercial production. In particular are the reliability and long-term stability of wafer level vacuum packaged MEMS gyroscope sensors subjected to cyclic mechanical stresses at high frequencies. In this study, we carried out several reliability tests such as environmental storage, fatigue, shock, and vibration, and we investigated the failure mechanisms of the anodically bonded vacuum gyroscope sensors. It was found that successful vacuum packaging could be achieved through reducing outgassing inside the cavity by deposition of titanium as well as by pre-taking process. The current gyroscope structure is found to be safe from fatigue failure for 1000 hours of operation test. The gyroscope sensor survives the drop and vibration tests without any damage, indicating robustness of the sensor. The reliability test results presented in this study demonstrate that MEMS gyroscope sensor is very close to commercialization.
Keywords
Gyroscope Sensor; Failure Mechanism; Wafer Level Vacuum Packaging; Fatigue; Shock;
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