摘要:
A sensor includes detecting element (28) with an acceleration sensor, which is formed of weight (18) coupled to rigid section (14) via flexible section (16), substrate (10) confronting weight(18), and an electrode section including opposed electrodes (20, 22, 24, 26) placed on respective opposed faces of weight(18) and substrate (10). This structure prevents weight (18) from moving along Z-axis, so that a detection accuracy of acceleration occurring along X-axis or Y-axis can be improved.
摘要:
A MEMS sensor (10) which includes a sense element (30) and a single anchor (28) that supports sense element (30) at a central aperture of sense plate (30), wherein anchor (28) uses connection elements or flexures (27) having a geometry that limits the motion of sense element (30) to a single degree-of-freedom, in order to reduce thermal stress.
摘要:
Guard bands (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d) in a tuning fork gyroscope reduce or eliminate force and sensitivity associated with proof mass (13) motion normal to the substrate (22) as a result of voltage transients. The guard bands reduce the undesired effects of transient voltages on electrostatic coupling of interleaved comb electrodes (12a, 18a; 14a, 18b; 14b, 18c; 12d, 18d). The guard bands are biased to reduce the coupling ratio to zero and thereby enable starting and improved performance. Various configurations of guard bands may be employed including distinct inner (20b, 20c) and outer (20a, 20d) guard bands, distinct inner guard bands only, extended sense electrodes below inner sensing combs with no outer guards, distinct outer guard bands with extended sense electrodes, and sense electrodes extended beneath both drive and sensing combs.
摘要:
A micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) device is described which includes a substrate having at least one anchor, a proof mass having either of at least one deceleration extension extending from the proof mass or at least one deceleration indentation formed in the proof mass, a motor drive comb, and a motor sense comb. The MEMS device further includes a plurality of suspensions configured to suspend the proof mass over the substrate and between the motor drive comb and the motor sense comb, and the suspensions are anchored to the substrate. The MEMS device also includes a body attached to the substrate and at least one deceleration beam extending from the body. The deceleration extensions are configured to engage either deceleration beams or deceleration indentations and slow or stop the proof mass before it contacts either of the motor drive comb or the motor sense comb.