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- Patent Title: Microelectromechanical sensing structure for a capacitive acoustic transducer including an element limiting the oscillations of a membrane, and manufacturing method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 一种用于电容式声换能器的微机电感测结构,包括限制膜的振荡的元件及其制造方法
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Application No.: US14220985Application Date: 2014-03-20
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Publication No.: US09226079B2Publication Date: 2015-12-29
- Inventor: Alessandra Sciutti , Matteo Perletti , Sebastiano Conti , Roberto Carminati
- 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
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group PLLC
- Priority: ITTO2013A0225 20130321
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R19/00 ; H04R19/04

Abstract:
A microelectromechanical sensing structure for a capacitive acoustic transducer, including: a semiconductor substrate; a rigid electrode; and a membrane set between the substrate and the rigid electrode, the membrane having a first surface and a second surface, which are in fluid communication, respectively, with a first chamber and a second chamber, respectively, the first chamber being delimited at least in part by a first wall portion and a second wall portion formed at least in part by the substrate, the second chamber being delimited at least in part by the rigid electrode, the membrane being moreover designed to undergo deformation following upon incidence of pressure waves and facing the rigid electrode so as to form a sensing capacitor having a capacitance that varies as a function of the deformation of the membrane. The structure moreover includes a beam, which is connected to the first and second wall portions and is designed to limit the oscillations of the membrane.
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