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    The SA20 Crash Sensor is SensoNor's second generation crash sensor that has been installed in millions of airbag systems. It uses a single crystal silicon cantilever beam with a ceramic seismic mass to detect acceleration during impacts. When exposed to acceleration, the mass causes the beam to bend, changing the value of piezoresistors on the beam to output a signal proportional to the impact force. The SA20 has proven highly reliable due to its simple and robust design utilizing proven technologies like silicon piezoresistive sensing.

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    Crash Sensor

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    The SA20 Crash Sensor is SensoNor's second generation crash sensor that has been installed in millions of airbag systems. It uses a single crystal silicon cantilever beam with a ceramic seismic mass to detect acceleration during impacts. When exposed to acceleration, the mass causes the beam to bend, changing the value of piezoresistors on the beam to output a signal proportional to the impact force. The SA20 has proven highly reliable due to its simple and robust design utilizing proven technologies like silicon piezoresistive sensing.

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    The SA20 Crash Sensor is SensoNor's second generation crash sensor that has been installed in millions of airbag systems. It uses a single crystal silicon cantilever beam with a ceramic seismic mass to detect acceleration during impacts. When exposed to acceleration, the mass causes the beam to bend, changing the value of piezoresistors on the beam to output a signal proportional to the impact force. The SA20 has proven highly reliable due to its simple and robust design utilizing proven technologies like silicon piezoresistive sensing.

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    Crash Sensor

    Uploaded by

    Naveen Pantham
    The SA20 Crash Sensor is SensoNor's second generation crash sensor that has been installed in millions of airbag systems. It uses a single crystal silicon cantilever beam with a ceramic seismic mass to detect acceleration during impacts. When exposed to acceleration, the mass causes the beam to bend, changing the value of piezoresistors on the beam to output a signal proportional to the impact force. The SA20 has proven highly reliable due to its simple and robust design utilizing proven technologies like silicon piezoresistive sensing.

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    SA20

    Crash Sensor

    * Millions On The Road * Proven Reliability

    SA20 Crash Sensor


    General The SensoNor SA20 Crash Sensor is used by a number of air-bag system manufacturing companies and has made SensoNor the worlds no. l independent manufacturer of electronic crash sensors. The SA20 represents SensoNors 2. generation of crash sensors and is based on our experience since the mid 80ties as a crash sensor supplier. We commit 100% to our customers goals regarding costs and reliability. In practice this means that SA20 is produced in a fully automated, high volume, purpose built production line. A carefully developed control plan is utilized to safeguard the production.

    Interior View

    element, it will be interfaced to a range of well proven signal conditioning interfacing circuits.

    An innovative concept of barcode marking the sensitivity onto the Since the production start SA20 package of each individual sensor has been installed in millions of makes it easy to automatically systems. During these years SA20 calibrate the sensor during has proven its exceptionally good system assembly at our customers. reliability. In addition, our work towards continuous improveThe excitation can be either ment has paid off in improved voltage or current. By current yields and improved effectiveness. excitation of a piezoresistive These facts in addition to the semiconductor strain gage a well technical approach in utilizing known "intrinsic" temperature well proven technology makes compensation can be achieved SA20 the first choice in crash since the positive TCR of the sensing. bridge resistor compensate, for the negative TCS of the piezo Application resistivity. SA20 is well suited for a range of system realizations. Due to a A diagnostic resistor is covering flexible production set-up a variety the rim of the elastic element. of pin configurations are possible; Monitoring the electrical Ranging from a DIL concept for consistency of this resistor makes sensitive direction normal to the it possible at all times to verify PCB, to a SIL concept meant for the mechanical consistency of sensitive direction horizontal to the device. the PCB, to special pin bending meant for surface mount. Since Concept the SA20 includes a simple full SA20 utilizes only a single bridge piezoresistive sensing (no sandwitch) very small

    Photo of Cantilever Chip (50x magnified)

    SA20 Crash Sensor

    Electrical Schematic

    (2.5mm times 0.9mm) single crystal silicon element. This element is directly forming a cantilever beam made possible by the combination of anisotropic etching and diamond saw dicing. Onto the tip of the silicon beam a ceramic seismic mass is bonded using a slit design. The piezoresistive bridge consists of two transversal and two longitudinal piezoresistors located in the maximum stress region. The sensing element is housed in a high reliability low cost welded PPS plastic housing. The inside compartment is filled with instrument grade silicone oil for controlled dynamic damping. As an integrated part of the housing a thinner plastic area acts as a diaphragm to equalize the inside pressure over the operational temperature range.

    process makes the sensing resistors and it will be extremely linear in insensitive to surface effects like the specified range to +/-50g. contamination. Transportation Packaging Function SA20 is shipped in ESD proof When exposed to an acceleration plastic magazines in customized field the inertia of the seismic mass shape and length according to the will cause the silicon beam to mechanical pin configuration and bend. The piezoresistors located customer specifications. near the surface of the beam will feel a high mechanical stress and they will change their value due to the piezoresistive effect in doped silicon. The change will be with opposite sign for the transversal and the longitudinal resistors, giving a full bridge output. Due to the full bridge design, zero-point shift as a function of temperature is low. The output signal. is directly ratiometric to the excitation signal. The silicone oil viscosity is chosen to achieve critical damping at room temperature.

    Cross axis sensitivity is low due to Reliability is optimized by avoiding the ceramic mass which is symmemechanical overload stops which trically located as referred to the may cause internal fractures and bending plane. by the moisture preventing surrounding silicone oil. The output signal will have a In addition a buried-resistor good linearity even above +/-500g
    Magazine Package

    SA20 Crash Sensor Specifications

    Specifications may be subject to alteration without prior notice.

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    P.O.Box 196. N-3192 Horten Norway, Tel: +47 33 03 50 00, Fax: +47 33 03 51 05 E-mail [email protected]

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