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Protection methods for piezoelectric sensor overloads
- Categories:Technical knowledge
- Time of issue:2020-08-07 12:02
(Summary description)Piezoelectric sensors have a number of parameter indicators, one of which is overload protection. Overload is an overload that exceeds the rated load of the device itself. The phenomenon is that the current is too high, the electrical equipment heats up and the line is chronically overloaded which can reduce the insulation level of the line and even burn up the sensor equipment or line; overload protection means that even if the load exceeds the rated load, the line will not burn up, but there is a certain degree, usually 150%, where overload operation cannot continue.
Protection methods for piezoelectric sensor overloads
(Summary description)Piezoelectric sensors have a number of parameter indicators, one of which is overload protection. Overload is an overload that exceeds the rated load of the device itself. The phenomenon is that the current is too high, the electrical equipment heats up and the line is chronically overloaded which can reduce the insulation level of the line and even burn up the sensor equipment or line; overload protection means that even if the load exceeds the rated load, the line will not burn up, but there is a certain degree, usually 150%, where overload operation cannot continue.
- Categories:Technical knowledge
- Time of issue:2020-08-07 12:02
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Piezoelectric sensors have a number of parameter indicators, one of which is overload protection. Overload is an overload that exceeds the rated load of the device itself. The phenomenon is that the current is too high, the electrical equipment heats up and the line is chronically overloaded which can reduce the insulation level of the line and even burn up the sensor equipment or line; overload protection means that even if the load exceeds the rated load, the line will not burn up, but there is a certain level, usually 150%, where overload operation cannot continue.
There are many types of piezoelectric sensors and different methods of designing overload protection for each structure. Many methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Small-range, high-sensitivity pressure sensors using microelectromechanical systems technology are usually available in structures such as flat diaphragms, island diaphragms and beam diaphragms, and are usually implemented using methods such as bumping when designing for overload protection.
Formation methods include back-etching techniques, direct silicon bonding techniques and glass etching techniques. However, these structures often have significant limitations due to large cavity sizes, further limitations in sensitivity and reduced utilisation of the silicon wafer, increased complexity of the fabrication process and increased production costs.
Currently, research into small-range, high-sensitivity piezoelectric sensors has focused on pressure sensors with sacrificial layer structures. This is mainly because the elastic diaphragm of a sacrificial layer structure pressure sensor is very thin, the thickness can be 2m or even thinner.
In such a thin structure, if diffusion silicon or polycrystalline silicon films are used as strain resistors for the pressure sensors with sacrificial layer structure, their thickness is relatively large, which has a great impact on the stress distribution in the elastic diaphragm and is not conducive to the performance optimisation of the pressure sensors with sacrificial layer structure. The advantages of sacrificial layer technology can therefore be further exploited by using polysilicon nanofilms for strain resistors.
Overload protection is a consideration for every sensor, as the measured value may be greater than the range during use. Only sensors designed with overload protection can be better used and last longer.
There are different overload ranges for how to design overload protection for each piezoelectric sensor, so whatever sensor you buy, you must know how much overload protection it has so that you can use it more easily in the future. No circuits burn out due to overloads.
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