Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Micro-electromechanical apparatus for thermal energy control
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Application No.: US15393265Application Date: 2016-12-29
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Publication No.: US10393718B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Yu-Wen Hsu , Ying-Che Lo , Chao-Ta Huang , Li-Tao Teng
- 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: G01N33/00
- IPC: G01N33/00 ; G01N27/12 ; B81B7/00

Abstract:
A MEMS apparatus for thermal energy control including a sensor and an IC chip is provided. The sensor includes a heating device for heating a sensing element and a detecting device for detecting a physical quantity. The IC chip includes a memory unit for storing a target value of the sensing element and a data processing unit for convert the physical quantity to a converted value, where a gap value is defined by subtracting the converted value from the target value. Besides, a control unit of the IC chip sets a parameter value according to the gap value, and a driving unit adjusts a quantity of thermal energy generated by the heating device according to the parameter value to reduce heating time and frequency of the heating device thereby reducing electrical power consumption. The MEMS apparatus is applicable to MEMS sensors requiring controlled operating temperature, such as a gas sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180188220A1 MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL APPARATUS FOR THERMAL ENERGY CONTROL Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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