Avramov-Zamurovic1, S.
, Yoo, J.
and Dagalakis, N.
(2016),
Capacitive Displacement Sensor for Detecting Planar Submicrometer Motion, Journal of Sensors and Actuators Networks, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919066
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Capacitive Displacement Sensor for Detecting Planar Submicrometer Motion
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Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic1, ,
Abstract
This paper describes the design of a very simple displacement sensor that measures the displacement of an object by measuring the change in capacitance due to the movement of this object in the sensor fringing electric field. Two sensor geometries with small footprint were considered and several sensor variations were built and tested. At distances of approximately 0.5 μm and 30 μm test results demonstrated that sensors' resolution is in the order of tens of nanometers.Citation
Journal of Sensors and Actuators Networks
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87
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Journals
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Keywords
Sensors, capacitance measurement, displacement measurement, nano-size positioners, nanotechnology, sensitivity, rheometer
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Created May 31, 2016, Updated October 12, 2021