- Patent Title: Supplemental sensor modes and systems for ultrasonic transducers
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Application No.: US15419835Application Date: 2017-01-30
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Publication No.: US10441975B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Nikhil Apte , Renata Melamud Berger , Michael Daneman
- Applicant: InvenSense, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.
- Current Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: B06B1/06
- IPC: B06B1/06 ; B06B1/02

Abstract:
A Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (PMUT) device is provided. The PMUT includes a substrate and an edge support structure connected to the substrate. A membrane is connected to the edge support structure such that a cavity is defined between the membrane and the substrate, where the membrane configured to allow movement at ultrasonic frequencies. The membrane comprises a piezoelectric layer and first and second electrodes coupled to opposing sides of the piezoelectric layer. For operation in a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) mode, a third electrode is disposed on the substrate and separated by an air gap in the cavity from the second electrode. Also provided are an integrated MEMS array, a method for operating an array of PMUT/CMUT dual-mode devices, and a PMUT/CMUT dual-mode device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170326591A1 SUPPLEMENTAL SENSOR MODES AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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