Research Article

A Temperature Compensation Model for Low Cost Quartz Accelerometers and Its Application in Tilt Sensing

Table 1

Some of the most significant parameters of the monaxial quartz accelerometer. SF: scale factor. ppm: parts per million.

Parameters Value Unit

Operating temp. range −40+150 °C
Full scale range ±10 g
Resolution/threshold (@1 Hz) 0.05 mg
Bias ±10 mg
Bias temp. coefficient ±0.1 mg/°C
SF sensitivity mV/g
SF temp. coefficient ±0.1 ppm/°C