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MEMS

Technolo
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Around
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US
Mechanical Engineering
(Robotics)
Application in Smartphones
Accelerometers
Detects the orientation and movement
of the phone.

Gyroscopes
Measures angular velocity or rotational
motion

Magnetometers
Detects the Earth’s magnetic field to
determine direction.

Microphones
Captures sound through pressure-
sensitive diaphragm

Pressure Sensors
Senses minute changes in pressure to
estimate altitude or weather conditions.

Proximity Sensors
Uses infrared light to sense the
proximity of an object
ACCELEROMETER
Accelerometers detect changes in velocity and direction by measuring the forces exerted on a tiny
mass suspended inside the device.

Data Conversion Single-axis Accelerometers


The change in capacitance is
Measure movement
converted into an electrical signal,
which is proportional to the
03 04 along one axis (e.g., X,
acceleration experienced by the Y, or Z).
device.

Capacitive
Detection
The shift in position causes a
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change in capacitance between
the mass and a fixed frame

Multi-axis
Accelerometers:
Sensing Structure 01 06
Inside an accelerometer, there's a typically 3-axis sensors,
small mass attached to a spring capable of measuring
mechanism. acceleration along the
X, Y, and Z axes
simultaneously
ACCELEROMETER
Accelerometers detect changes in velocity and direction by measuring the forces exerted on a tiny
mass suspended inside the device.

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Applications of Accelerometers in
Smartphones When you tilt your phone, the
accelerometer detects the change in
orientation

They measure the movement caused


Screen Orientation by each step you take.

Fitness Tracking
In gaming, accelerometers allow the
Motion-Based Gaming phone to be used as a motion
controller
Shaking for Features
Certain smartphone features are
Gesture Recognition activated by shaking the phone, such
as undoing typing or shaking to shuffle
a music playlist.

Accelerometers can be used to detect


vibrations or specific gestures.
Applications of
Accelerometers
in Smartphones

Saturn Earth
It’s a gas giant and It’s the third planet
has several rings from the Sun

Jupiter Neptune Mercury


Jupiter is the biggest It’s the farthest It’s the closest
planet of them all planet from the Sun planet of the Sun
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