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Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Novel Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for Blast Waves Monitoring

Authors:
Kevin Sanchez
Bilel Achour
Jérôme Riondet
Laurène Anglade
Miguel Carrera
Anthony Coustou
Aurélie Lecestre
Samuel Charlot
Hervé Aubert
Maylis Lavayssière
Alexandre Lefrançois
Jérôme Luc
Patrick Pons

Keywords: shockwave ; air blast ; pressure sensor

Abstract:
In several side-on configurations, the monitoring of blast wave requires sensor with very low response time (< 1 µs). The sensing area of commercial sensors are too high to fulfill this specification. New transducers are focused on miniature membrane (diameter < 100 µm), but with optical transduction which suffers from low integration capabilities for multiple transducers. In this communication, a miniature piezoresistive pressure transducer based on silicon membrane and silicon gauges is designed and fabricated. Shock tube characterizations of the sensor have shown promising dynamic behavior, with a rise time of 30 ns and a response time lower than 1 µs thanks to the membrane fundamental resonant frequency of 20 MHz. Undesirable mechanical effects leading to the response drift after 1 µs are discussed and interpreted as the result of the holder deformation.

Pages: 47 to 52

Copyright: Copyright (c) The Government of France, 2021. Used by permission to IARIA.

Publication date: November 14, 2021

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3514

ISBN: 978-1-61208-918-8

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from November 14, 2021 to November 18, 2021