AlN-on-SOI platform-based micro-machined hydrophone

J Xu, X Zhang, SN Fernando, KT Chai, Y Gu - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reports a piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN) based micro-machined infrasonic
hydrophone. We have conducted a systematic design study for the hydrophone sensor to …

Design and characterization of an aluminum nitride-based MEMS hydrophone with biologically honeycomb architecture

L Jia, L Shi, C Liu, Y Yao, C Sun… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a high-performance aluminum nitride (AlN)-based
microelectromechanical system (MEMS) hydrophone sensor, in which the sensing cells are …

A piezoelectric AlN MEMS hydrophone with high sensitivity and low noise density

D Yang, L Yang, X Chen, M Qu, K Zhu, H Ding… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a micromachined hydrophone with high sensitivity and low noise
density. The hydrophone is composed of a 10by10 piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN) …

Design of the monolithic integrated array MEMS hydrophone

L Mengran, Z Guojun, S Xiaopeng, L Yuan… - IEEE Sensors …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the sensitivity and frequency band of the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS)
bionic vector hydrophone restrain each other, a single hydrophone can not simultaneously …

Development of cup-shaped micro-electromechanical systems-based vector hydrophone

W Xu, Y Liu, G Zhang, R Wang, C Xue… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Similar to the vital performance factors, the receiving sensitivity and the bandwidth exist
interactively in the micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based vector hydrophones …

A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducers (pMUT) array, for wide bandwidth underwater communication applications

S Sadeghpour, P Pobedinskas, K Haenen, R Puers - Proceedings, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an array of five aluminum nitride (AlN) based piezoelectric
micromachined ultrasound transducers (pMUTs) with different dimensions operating at 540 …

Sensitivity and directivity analysis of piezoelectric ultrasonic cantilever-based mems hydrophone for underwater applications

B Abdul, VM Mastronardi, A Qualtieri, L Algieri… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we report on the characterization of the sensitivity and the directionality of a
novel ultrasonic hydrophone fabricated by micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) …

A high-performance 9.5% scandium-doped aluminum nitride piezoelectric MEMS hydrophone with honeycomb structure

L Jia, L Shi, Z Lu, C Sun, G Wu - IEEE Electron Device Letters, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a high-performance scandium-doped aluminum nitride (Sc x Al 1-x N, x=
9.5%) piezoelectric MEMS hydrophone. The doping of Sc increases the piezoelectric …

A micro-machined hydrophone employing a piezoelectric body combined on the gate of a field-effect transistor

M Sung, K Shin, W Moon - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2016 - Elsevier
We report a micro-machined hydrophone using piezoelectric gate on a field-effect transistor
(PiGoFET), where a piezoelectric body is combined directly on the gate of a FET. The …

Low-cost, tiny-sized MEMS hydrophone sensor for water pipeline leak detection

J Xu, KTC Chai, G Wu, B Han, ELC Wai… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an experimental investigation of a water pipeline leak detection
system based on a low-cost, tiny-sized hydrophone sensor fabricated using the …