The Design of New Low Cost Ocean Bottom Seismometers

摘要

The performance of the Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS) in seismic wave field measurement is vital to seismic exploration. In order to improve the performance of OBS, we have been developed a new Ocean Bottom Seismometer based 3-component MEMS accelerometer sensors. In order to sample seismic data synchronously, we have been designed multichannel A/D unit under the control of MSP430.We also are involved in a handle and sophisticated equipment allows to storage sampling data in the SD card module. The system based MEMS sensor are compared with conventional analog moving coil geophones, the result shows that the new measurement system with the advantage of high dynamic range, low noise and anti-jamming that suit for the high resolution seismicity information. The paper show that the new digital OBS using MEMS accelerometer will replace the tradition OBS in oil exploration, scientific research and seabed surveys.