Comparative analysis of the characteristics of domestic and foreign broadband seismometers with capacitive transducers.

A family of seismometers has been developed with capacitive transducers that convert the relative displacement between the inertial mass and the base of the device into an electric signal. The seismometers have high sensitivity and a unified electronic circuit, and they can be rather easily manufactured, installed, and calibrated. Mass production of these instruments looks promising. To assess the possibility of using these seismometers as substitutes for imported counterparts, a comparative analysis was carried out to study the performance of an SM-3E broadband sensor with a capacitive transducer and imported STS-2 and CMG-6T seismometers. Seismic recordings of these three instruments mounted on the same pedestal were statically analyzed in the time and frequency domains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]