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Visitor II
October 16, 2018
Question

Can several MEMS accelerometers be connected (in serie?) in order to reduce self noise

  • October 16, 2018
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Hello all

I am new at this forum and have almost zero knowledge in electronics but look at acceleration data on a daily basis (in the geophysics field).

My experience is that MEMS accelero are quite noisy, especially at "low" frequencies (<~1 Hz).

Just wondering if multiple MEMS can be connected together in order for the individual signals to be summed giving a sqrt(N) pure random noise attenuation.

I am thinking here about a hardware solution (e.g. N analog output sensors connected in serie, but is that that simple?), not a stack after individual sensor data digitalisation (something I could not afford for a number of reasons)

Your comments and advices will be much appreciated!

Regards

Pascal

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    ST Employee
    November 1, 2018

    The analog sensor can be connected as indicated on the schematics in the application note.

    The sensors are not connected in series they are connected to summing operational amplifier.

    pedmeAuthor
    Visitor II
    November 1, 2018

    any kind of analog MEMS acc?

    Is there a limited number of MEMS that can be stacked with a single op-amp?