Invention Grant
- Patent Title: MEMS sensor cap with multiple isolated electrodes
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Application No.: US14534663Application Date: 2014-11-06
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Publication No.: US09604841B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Jeffrey A. Gregory , See-Ho Tsang
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
- Main IPC: B81B7/00
- IPC: B81B7/00 ; B81C1/00

Abstract:
The cap wafer for a MEMS device includes multiple electrically isolated electrodes that can be bonded and electrically connected to separate electrical contacts on a MEMS device wafer. The electrically isolated electrodes can be used for any of a variety of functions, such as for apply a force to a movable MEMS structure on the MEMS device wafer (e.g., for driving resonance of the movable MEMS structure or for adjusting a resonance or sense mode of the movable MEMS structure) or for sensing motion of a movable MEMS structure on the MEMS device wafer. Since the electrodes are electrically isolated, different electrodes may be used for different functions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160130139A1 MEMS Sensor Cap with Multiple Isolated Electrodes Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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