부산대학교 도서관

This paper presents a high-sensitivity microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gravimeter that can operate without a vacuum chamber for long-term earth tide observations. The proposed MEMS gravimeter system can be greatly simplified, including a spring-mass acceleration unit and a controlled temperature environment. To operate without the vacuum chamber, the effect of air buoyancy on the output signal is investigated and corrected in the time domain. A strong correlation between the corrected output of the gravimeter and the theoretical tidal signal is observed. The MEMS gravimeter shows an ultra-low noise floor of ~2 µGal/√Hz at 1 Hz and superior stability, indicating the potential for the mass production of MEMS gravimeters that can operate without any vacuum unit.