Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device with force and/or acceleration sensor
- Patent Title (中): 具有力和/或加速度传感器的半导体器件
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Application No.: US486156Application Date: 1995-06-07
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Publication No.: US5554875APublication Date: 1996-09-10
- Inventor: Siegbert Hartauer
- Applicant: Siegbert Hartauer
- Applicant Address: DEX
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland
- Current Assignee Address: DEX
- Priority: DEX4309206.3 19930322
- Main IPC: B81B3/00
- IPC: B81B3/00 ; G01L1/18 ; G01P15/08 ; G01P15/12 ; G01P15/125 ; H01L29/82
Abstract:
A semiconductor device with a force and/or acceleration sensor (12), which has a spring-mass system (14, 16) responsive to the respective quantity to be measured and whose mass (16) bears via at least one resilient support element (14) on a semiconductor substrate (20). The semiconductor substrate (20) and the spring-mass system (14, 16) are integral components of a monocrystalline semiconductor crystal (10) with a IC-compatible structure. The three-dimensional structural form of the spring-mass system (12) is produced by anisotropic semiconductor etching, defined P/N junctions of the semiconductor layer arrangement functioning as etch stop means in order to more particularly create a gap (22) permitting respective movement of the mass (16) between the mass (16) and the semiconductor substrate (20).
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