How a Smartphone Knows Up from Down

Yugandhar.Y

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How a Smartphone Knows Up from Down

12/24/2012

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How a Smartphone Knows Up from Down 12/24/2012

Contents:
Introduction Commercial Accelerometer working MEMS Accelerometer How it works on board How to make on Si Wafer References Conclusion

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Introduction:
This is one of the coolest features of todays SmartPhones It detects the changes in orientation and tell the screen to rotate It is an accelerometer

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Commercial Accelerometer working

Two fundamental parts i) Housing attachment ii) A mass If we measure how much spring stretches, we can calculate force of gravity

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MEMS Accelerometer
Engineers have created a tiny accelerometer out of silicon Housing fixed to phone Comb-like section that can move back and forth, a mass equivalent

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How it works on board

When you rotate, housing structure moves back and forth, this acts as a spring

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How it works on board

Centre section moves, then current will flow Correlate amount of current to acceleration

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How to make on Si Wafer

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How to make on Si Wafer

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How to make on Si Wafer

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Conclusion:
Scientists are working hard to make amazing things at tiny scale. This is one of the outcome of their dream

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References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerometer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZVgKu6v808 www.meche.net/MAE%20334/.../sensor%20comparisons.pdf Book: Eight Amazing Engineering Stories By Bill Hammack

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Thank You

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