%0 Journal Article %@ 17265479 %A Ahmed, A.Y. %A Dennis, J.O. %A Md Khir, M.H. %A Mohamad Saad, M.N. %A Buyong, M.R. %D 2012 %F scholars:2438 %J Sensors and Transducers %K Active material; Analyte molecules; CMOS-MEMS; Deep Reactive Ion Etching; Mass sensitivity; Micro resonators; Micromachined resonators; Simulation software, Computer software; Design; Microelectromechanical devices; Natural frequencies, Resonators %N SPL 12 %P 40-49 %T Design, simulation and fabrication of a mass sensitive CMOS-MEMS resonator %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/2438/ %V 17 %X The design, simulation and fabrication of a mass-sensitive CMOS-MEMS resonator are presented in this paper. The principle of detection of the gaseous species is based on the change in resonant frequency of the microresonator as a result of the absorption/adsorption of an analyte molecule onto the surface of the active material deposited on the microresonator resulting into a change of the mass of the microresonator device. CoventorWare simulation software is used to design and simulate the micromachined resonator gas sensing platform/membrane. From simulation, the resonant frequency of the resonator is found to be 6.45 kHz and 23 kHz for mode 1 and mode 2 (in y and z direction), respectively. The frequency decreases with increasing mass added on top of the CMOS-MEMS resonator membrane and the mass sensitivity of the resonator determined to be 0.18 Hz/pg. © 2012 IFSA. %Z cited By 3