Invention Publication
- Patent Title: MICROELECTROMECHANICAL BUTTON DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING WATERPROOF USER INTERFACE ELEMENT
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Application No.: US18363599Application Date: 2023-08-01
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Publication No.: US20240051817A1Publication Date: 2024-02-15
- Inventor: Federico VERCESI , Gabriele GATTERE , Giorgio ALLEGATO , Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA , Alessandro DANEI
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Priority: IT 2022000017097 2022.08.10
- Main IPC: B81B7/00
- IPC: B81B7/00 ; B81B7/02 ; H03K17/975

Abstract:
A microelectromechanical button device is provided with a detection structure having: a substrate of semiconductor material with a front surface and a rear surface; a buried electrode arranged on the substrate; a mobile electrode, arranged in a structural layer overlying the substrate and elastically suspended above the buried electrode at a separation distance so as to form a detection capacitor; and a cap coupled over the structural layer and having a first main surface facing the structural layer and a second main surface that is designed to be mechanically coupled to a deformable portion of a case of an electronic apparatus of a portable or wearable type. The cap has, on its first main surface, an actuation portion arranged over the mobile electrode and configured to cause, in the presence of a pressure applied on the second main surface, a deflection of the mobile electrode and its approach to the buried electrode, with a consequent capacitive variation of the detection capacitor, which is indicative of an actuation of the microelectromechanical button device.
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