发明授权
- 专利标题: Micro-electromechanical system inertial sensor
- 专利标题(中): 微机电系统惯性传感器
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申请号: US10982044申请日: 2004-11-05
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公开(公告)号: US07640803B1公开(公告)日: 2010-01-05
- 发明人: Roman C. Gutierrez , Tony K. Tang
- 申请人: Roman C. Gutierrez , Tony K. Tang
- 申请人地址: US CA Arcadia
- 专利权人: Siimpel Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Siimpel Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Arcadia
- 代理机构: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- 主分类号: G01P9/04
- IPC分类号: G01P9/04
摘要:
A micro-machined MEMS resonator gyroscope and accelerometer is fabricated from an epilayer semiconductor wafer to incorporate a substantially planar, H-shaped resonator mass suspended from a support plate by two opposed elongated springs that couple to the relatively short crossbar member of the H. The masses are harmonically oscillated relative to the support plate and a baseplate portion, and two orthogonal modes of the structure corresponding to the two nearly degenerate fundamental torsional modes thereof are used for sensing angular rate about one axis, and linear acceleration along two axes, of the sensor. The H-shaped mass advantageously incorporates a relatively high length-to-width aspect ratio, and in one embodiment, the springs may advantageously incorporate either a square cross-section, such that the structure can be tuned to substantially match the fundamental frequencies of the two resonance modes of the structure by removing, e.g., by an etching process, a small amount of material from the upper surfaces of the springs.
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