- Patent Title: Microelectromechanical apparatus having a measuring range selector
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Application No.: US15393254Application Date: 2016-12-29
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Publication No.: US10203252B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Yu-Wen Hsu , Feng-Chia Hsu , Chao-Ta Huang , Shih-Ting Lin
- Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Main IPC: G01K7/00
- IPC: G01K7/00 ; G01K1/00 ; G01K7/22 ; B81B7/02 ; G01K1/02 ; B81B7/00

Abstract:
A MEMS apparatus having measuring range selector including a sensor and an IC chip is provided. The sensor includes a sensing device. The IC chip includes a voltage range selector, an analog front end, a control device and an A/D converter. The sensing device is configured to detect the physical quantity and generate a sensing voltage. The voltage range selector is configured to select a sub-voltage range having a first upper-bound and a first lower-bound. The analog front end is configured to receive the sensing voltage and output a first voltage. The A/D converter has a full scale voltage range having a second lower-bound and a second upper-bound. A ratio of the full scale voltage range to the sub-voltage range is defined as a gain factor. A difference obtained by subtracting the first lower-bound from the first voltage is defined as a shift factor. The control device is configured to adjust the first voltage to the second voltage according to the gain factor and the shift factor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180188115A1 MICROELECTROMECHANICAL APPARATUS HAVING A MEASURING RANGE SELECTOR Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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