MEMS TRIAXIAL MAGNETIC SENSOR WITH IMPROVED CONFIGURATION

    公开(公告)号:EP3346281A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-11

    申请号:EP17172105.3

    申请日:2017-05-20

    IPC分类号: G01R33/00

    摘要: A MEMS triaxial magnetic sensor device (51) is provided with a sensing structure (2) having: a substrate (6); an outer frame (4), which internally defines a window (5) and is elastically coupled to first anchorages (7) fixed with respect to the substrate by means of first elastic elements (8); a mobile structure (10) arranged in the window, suspended above the substrate, which is elastically coupled to the outer frame by second elastic elements (12) and carries a conductive path (P) for flow of an electric current (I); and an elastic arrangement (22, 24) operatively coupled to the mobile structure. The mobile structure performs, due to the first and second elastic elements and of the arrangement of elastic elements, a first sensing movement in response to Lorentz forces originating from a first magnetic-field component (B x ), a second sensing movement in response to Lorentz forces originating from a second magnetic-field component (B y ), and a third sensing movement in response to Lorentz forces originating from a third magnetic-field component (B z ); the first, second, and third sensing movements are distinct and decoupled from one another.

    MEMS ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH COMBFINGERED ELECTRODES AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING PROCESS
    12.
    发明公开
    MEMS ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH COMBFINGERED ELECTRODES AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING PROCESS 审中-公开
    具有梳状电极的MEMS声学换能器及相应的制造工艺

    公开(公告)号:EP3247134A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-22

    申请号:EP16206878.7

    申请日:2016-12-23

    IPC分类号: H04R19/00 H04R31/00 B81C1/00

    摘要: A MEMS acoustic transducer (20) provided with: a substrate (21) of semiconductor material, having a back surface (21b) and a front surface (21a) opposite with respect to a vertical direction (z); a first cavity (22) formed within the substrate (21), which extends from the back surface (21b) to the front surface (21a); a membrane (23) which is arranged at the upper surface (21a), suspended above the first cavity (22) and anchored along a perimeter thereof to the substrate (21); and a combfingered electrode arrangement (28) including a number of mobile electrodes (29) coupled to the membrane (23) and a number of fixed electrodes (30) coupled to the substrate (21) and facing respective mobile electrodes (29) for forming a sensing capacitor, wherein a deformation of the membrane (23) as a result of incident acoustic pressure waves causes a capacitive variation (ΔC) of the sensing capacitor. In particular, the combfingered electrode arrangement lies vertically with respect to the membrane (23) and extends parallel thereto.

    摘要翻译: 一种MEMS声换能器(20),其设置有:半导体材料的衬底(21),其具有相对于竖直方向(z)相对的后表面(21b)和前表面(21a); 形成在所述基板(21)内的从所述背面(21b)延伸到所述前表面(21a)的第一空腔(22); 设置在所述上​​表面(21a)处并悬挂在所述第一腔体(22)上方并沿其周边锚定到所述基底(21)的膜(23); 以及包括耦合到所述膜(23)的多个可动电极(29)和耦合到所述衬底(21)并且面向相应的可动电极(29)以形成的多个固定电极(30)的梳状指状电极布置 感测电容器,其中由于入射声压波导致膜(23)的变形导致感测电容器的电容变化(ΔC)。 特别地,梳形电极装置相对于膜(23)垂直放置并且与其平行地延伸。

    MEMS DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED DETECTION PERFORMANCES

    公开(公告)号:EP4365603A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-08

    申请号:EP23204864.5

    申请日:2023-10-20

    摘要: The MEMS device (20) is formed by a substrate (21) and a movable structure (22) suspended on the substrate. The movable structure has a first mass (28), a second mass (29A) and a first elastic group (30A) mechanically coupled between the first and the second masses. The first elastic group is compliant along a first direction (Y). The first mass is configured to move with respect to the substrate along the first direction. The MEMS device also has a second elastic group (23) mechanically coupled between the substrate and the movable structure and compliant along the first direction; and an anchoring control structure (33A, 40A) fixed to the substrate, capacitively coupled to the second mass and configured to exert an electrostatic force on the second mass along the first direction. The anchoring control structure controls the MEMS device in a first operating state, wherein the second mass is free to move with respect to the substrate along the first direction, and in a second operating state, wherein the anchoring control structure applies a pull-in force on the second mass which anchors the second mass to the anchoring control structure.

    LONG STROKE MEMS ACTUATOR RESILIENT TO THE PULL-IN AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP4223691A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-09

    申请号:EP23153332.4

    申请日:2023-01-25

    IPC分类号: B81B3/00

    摘要: MEMS actuator (20) including: a substrate (21); a first and a second semiconductive layer (31,32); a frame (27) including transverse regions (62) formed by the second semiconductive layer (32), elongated parallel to a first direction (X) and offset along a second direction (Y), the frame (27) being movable parallel to the second direction (Y). The MEMS actuator (20) includes, for each transverse region (62): corresponding front rotor regions (65), which are fixed to the transverse region (62) and are suspended above the substrate (21); a first and a second stator region (70,72), which are formed by the first semiconductive layer (31) in such a way that, when the frame (27) is in rest position, the transverse region (62) is laterally offset with respect to the first and the second stator regions (70,72) and a first front rotor region (65') partially faces the first stator region (70), and in such a way that, during a translation of the frame (27) along the second direction (Y), the first and/or a second front rotor region (65', 65") at least partially face the second stator region (72), when the transverse region (62) begins to superimpose on the first stator region (70).

    A MEMS ACCELEROMETER HAVING HIGH ACCURACY AND LOW SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE AND AGEING
    18.
    发明公开
    A MEMS ACCELEROMETER HAVING HIGH ACCURACY AND LOW SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE AND AGEING 审中-公开
    具有高精度和低灵敏度的温度和时效的MEMS加速度计

    公开(公告)号:EP3226007A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-04

    申请号:EP16194689.2

    申请日:2016-10-19

    IPC分类号: G01P15/125 G01P15/08

    摘要: A MEMS accelerometer, including: a support structure (3); a suspended region (2; 62; 92) made of semiconductor material, mobile with respect to the support structure; at least one modulation electrode (20; 68; 114), which is fixed to the support structure and is biased with an electrical modulation signal including at least one periodic component having a first frequency; at least one variable capacitor (30; 80; 130), formed by the suspended region and by the modulation electrode, in such a way that the suspended region is subjected to an electrostatic force that depends upon the electrical modulation signal; and a sensing assembly (12, 14, 16, 18, 5a; 12, 14, 16, 18, 65a; 102, 104, 95a), which generates, when the accelerometer is subjected to an acceleration, an electrical sensing signal, which indicates the position of the suspended region with respect to the support structure and includes a frequency-modulated component, which is a function of the acceleration and of the first frequency.

    摘要翻译: 一种MEMS加速度计,包括:支撑结构(3); 由半导体材料制成的悬置区域(2; 62; 92),所述悬置区域相对于所述支撑结构可移动; 至少一个调制电极(20; 68; 114),所述调制电极固定到所述支撑结构并且利用包括具有第一频率的至少一个周期性分量的电调制信号进行偏置; 至少一个由所述悬置区域和所述调制电极形成的可变电容器(30; 80; 130),使得所述悬置区域经受取决于所述电调制信号的静电力; 和感测组件(12,14,16,18,5a; 12,14,16,18,65a; 102,104,95a),当所述加速度计受到加速度时,所述感测组件产生电感测信号,所述电感测信号 指示悬置区域相对于支撑结构的位置并且包括作为加速度和第一频率的函数的频率调制分量。

    MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SENSOR DEVICE WITH ACTIVE OFFSET COMPENSATION

    公开(公告)号:EP4321876A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-14

    申请号:EP23185740.0

    申请日:2023-07-17

    摘要: A microelectromechanical sensor device having a sensing structure (1) with: a substrate (2); an inertial mass (3), suspended above the substrate (2) and elastically coupled to a rotor anchoring structure (6) by elastic coupling elements (8), to perform at least one inertial movement due to a quantity to be sensed; first sensing electrodes (9), integrally coupled to the inertial mass (3) to be movable due to the inertial movement; and second sensing electrodes (12), fixed with respect to the quantity to be sensed, facing and capacitively coupled to the first sensing electrodes (9) to form sensing capacitances having a value that is indicative of the quantity to be sensed. The second sensing electrodes (12) are arranged in a suspended manner above the substrate (2) and a compensation structure (20) is configured to move the second sensing electrodes (12) with respect to the first sensing electrodes (9) and vary a facing distance thereof, in the absence of the quantity to be sensed, in order to compensate for a native offset of the sensing structure (1).

    MEMS GYROSCOPE WITH ENHANCED ROBUSTNESS AGAINST VIBRATIONS AND REDUCED DIMENSIONS

    公开(公告)号:EP4300040A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-03

    申请号:EP23180883.3

    申请日:2023-06-22

    IPC分类号: G01C19/5747

    摘要: MEMS gyroscope (350), having a first movable mass (303, 403) configured to move with respect to a fixed structure along a first drive direction and along a first sense direction, transverse to the first drive direction; a first drive assembly (310), coupled to the first movable mass and configured to generate a first alternate drive movement; a first drive elastic structure (320), coupled to the first movable mass and to the first drive assembly, rigid in the first drive direction and compliant in the first sense direction; a second movable mass (303, 403), configured to move with respect to the fixed structure in a second drive direction parallel to the first drive direction and in a second sense direction parallel to the first sense direction; a second drive assembly (311), coupled to the second movable mass and configured to generate a second alternate drive movement in the second drive direction; and a second drive elastic structure (320), coupled to the second movable mass and to the second drive assembly, rigid in the second drive direction and compliant in the second sense direction.