Title | A Differential Mass Component for Signal Processing Using MEMS |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | Cretu, E., and L. J. Stocco |
Conference Name | Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007. CCECE 2007. Canadian Conference on |
Pagination | 149 -152 |
Date Published | apr. |
Keywords | band-pass filters, Chebyshev filters, differential mass component, MEMS, micromechanical devices, signal processing, third order Chebyshev bandpass filter |
Abstract | A complete topological equivalence between network representations of mechanical and electrical systems is hindered by the inertial mass element, represented as an equivalent capacitor with a pin always connected to ground (inertial reference system). This limits the class of synthesizable mechanical filters from equivalent electrical prototypes by excluding the schematics that have floating capacitors. This restriction motivates the introduction of a differential mass component. It is shown that this new component would make it possible to implement a simple third order Chebyshev bandpass filter which can not be implemented using standard masses, springs and dampers. |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.2007.44 |
DOI | 10.1109/CCECE.2007.44 |