Prof. Rudra Pratap's Research Group

MEMS Gyroscope

One of the many areas in which we are conducting research is the design and development of MEMS gyroscopes. Through this research, we have developed a modified SOI-on-Glass process for stress-free MEMS structures which involves a novel wafer bonding technique as show in Figure 2. From the microfabricated structures, we have published a study of pressure-dependent squeeze film stiffness as a resonance modulator using static and dynamic measurements. Gyroscope structures have been characterized for mechanical and electrical responses.

figure 3: Micro fabricated accelerometer structure and Dynamic response of accelerometer.

figure 1: Modified SOI-on-Glass process accelerometer structure.

Figure 2: Hybrid Si to glass bond

figure 4: Accelerometer structure dynamic response at different pressures.

MEMS Lab, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore-560012

Phone: +91 (80) 2293 3250, +91 (80) 2360 8659   Fax: +91 (80) 2360 1648  Email: pratap@iisc.ac.in, memslab@iisc.ac.in