CMOS-MEMS Based Current Mirror MOSFET Embedded Pressure Sensor for Healthcare and Biomedical Applications

Abstract:

This paper reports on the design and optimization of current mirror MOSFET embedded pressure sensor. A current mirror circuit with an output current of 1 mA integrated with a pressure sensing n-channel MOSFET has been designed using standard 5 µm CMOS technology. The channel region of the pressure sensing MOSFET forms the flexible diaphragm as well as the strain sensing element. The piezoresistive effect in MOSFET has been exploited for the calculation of strain induced carrier mobility variation. The output transistor of the current mirror forms the active pressure sensing MOSFET which produces a change in its drain current as a result of altered channel mobility under externally applied pressure. COMSOL Multiphysics is utilized for the simulation of pressure sensing structure and Tspice is employed to evaluate the characteristics of the current mirror pressure sensing circuit. Simulation results show that the pressure sensor has a sensitivity of 10.01 mV/MPa. The sensing structure has been optimized through simulation for enhancing the sensor sensitivity to 276.65 mV/MPa. These CMOS-MEMS based pressure sensors integrated with signal processing circuitry on the same chip can be used for healthcare and biomedical applications.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 647)
• Pages: 315-320
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.647.315
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Pradeep Kumar Rathore, Brishbhan Singh Panwar
• Keywords: Biomedical Application, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, Finite Element Method (FEM), Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor, Microelectromechanical Systems, Piezoresistive Effect, Pressure Measurement

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