BACKGROUND: During the process of cell micro operation, the contact force between the entry needle and the cell membrane is usually a very small area to be tested.
OBJECTIVE: These two features have been utilized to design a high precision micro force sensor to provide a force feedback in the process of cell micro operation.
METHODS: However, PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride) has continued to display both a wide range of frequency response and a highly sensitive transform between force and electricity. In this paper a charge signal is obtained. In order to transform the charge signal into a voltage signal, a signal processing circuit was designed. The data acquisition card PCI-6221(National Instruments) was used. It was employed to collect the voltage signal.
RESULTS: The resultant micro force sensor was calibrated by using a rating test.
CONCLUSIONS: The experimental test results demonstrated that the sensitivity and linearity of the designed micro force sensor were higher than the sensitivity and linearity of a traditional piezoelectric sensor.
Research articleFirst published online March, 2015
