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. 2012 Nov 16;12(11):15873–15887. doi: 10.3390/s121115873

Table 2.

Summary of the descriptions and values of the constants related to the intrinsic noises. The calculated total noises (VTotal) for 2G-MSS, 1G-MSS, and the piezoresistive cantilever are given at the bottom row.

Description Symbol Unit Value

2G-MSS 1G-MSS Piezoresistive cantilever
Length of piezoresistor lp cm 20 × 10−4 20 × 10−4 90 × 10−4
Width of piezoresistor wp cm 3.8 × 10−4 3.8 × 10−4 8 × 10−4
Thickness of piezoresistor tp cm 0.3 × 10−4 0.5 × 10−4 0.1 × 10−4
Carrier density p cm−3 4 × 1018 8 × 1019 8 × 1019
Carrier mobility μ cm2/Vs 100 50 50
Hooge constant α - 106
Maximum frequency fmax Hz 3
Minimum frequency fmin Hz 0.1
Bridge bias voltage VB V 1.5
Temperature T K 293
Boltzmann constant kB J/K 1.38 × 10−23
Electron charge q C 1.60 × 10−19
Total noise VTotal V 6.37 × 10−7 1.01 × 10−7 3.76 × 10−8