摘要:
Provided is a technique forming a highly stable inertial sensor with a simple configuration by vacuum sealing a resonator which detects acceleration and exploiting a resonance vibration using a high Q value of a MEMS device. The inertial sensor includes: a detecting proof mass and beam 105 which detects acceleration; a driving electrode 106 which excites the detecting proof mass and beam 105; a resonant frequency tuning electrode 108 which changes the resonant frequency of the detecting proof mass and beam 105; and a detecting circuit which applies voltage (frequency controlling part 433, DAC part 436) to the resonant frequency tuning electrode 108 for changing the resonant frequency to cancel a change of the resonant frequency of the detecting proof mass and beam 105 when the acceleration is applied to the detecting proof mass and beam 105 during the vibration of the detecting proof mass and beam 105 by the voltage applied to the detecting proof mass and beam 105, and outputs the acceleration (CV converting part 430, ADC part 431, demodulation part 432, frequency controlling part 433, signal adjusting part 435) based on a value of the voltage applied to resonant frequency tuning electrode 108.
摘要:
A method for evaluating the acceleration and/or compensating the acceleration offset in a combined accelerometer and gyroscope, wherein the evaluation or compensation is based on a quadrature signal delivered by the accelerometer.
摘要:
A frequency readout gyroscope is provided, having 2 or 3 axes, in which the frequency of the carrier associated with the oscillation of the proof mass changes while the amplitude stays constant. The invention departs from conventional gyroscopes which rely on measuring transducer sense axis displacement (amplitude modulation) to determine angular input rate. The invention utilizes what could be termed a form of frequency modulation, such as evaluating frequency phase difference between the axes of modulation. Examples include gyroscopes having either a quadrature or Lissajous FM mode of operation, in which angle random walk contribution from the electronics is reduced by approximately two orders of magnitude.
摘要:
A sensing assembly device includes a substrate, a chamber above the substrate, a first piezoelectric gyroscope sensor positioned within the chamber, and a first accelerometer positioned within the chamber.
摘要:
A micro-electromechanical device includes a semiconductor body (5), in which at least one first microstructure (2) and one second microstructure (3) of reference are integrated. The first microstructure (2) and the second microstructure (3) are arranged in the body (5) so as to undergo equal strains as a result of thermal expansions of said body (5; 105; 205; 305). Furthermore, the first microstructure (2) is provided with movable parts (6) and fixed parts (7) with respect to the body (5), and the second microstructure (3) has a shape that is substantially symmetrical to the first microstructure (2) and is fixed with respect to the body (5).
摘要:
This document discusses, among other things, a cap wafer and a via wafer configured to encapsulate a single proof-mass 3-axis gyroscope formed in an x-y plane of a device layer. The single proof-mass 3-axis gyroscope can include a main proof-mass section suspended about a single, central anchor, the main proof-mass section including a radial portion extending outward towards an edge of the 3-axis gyroscope sensor, a central suspension system configured to suspend the 3-axis gyroscope from the single, central anchor, and a drive electrode including a moving portion and a stationary portion, the moving portion coupled to the radial portion, wherein the drive electrode and the central suspension system are configured to oscillate the 3-axis gyroscope about a z-axis normal to the x-y plane at a drive frequency.
摘要:
Fixed electrodes (A through F) are formed by means of a structural layer that has been provided on fixed bodies (7 1 through 7 4 ) of a silicon micro-machined substrate and a movable electrode (G) is formed by a movable body attached to fixed bodies (5 1 through 5 4 ) by flexible members (6 1 through 6 4 ). Variable capacitors of the parallel plate-type are formed by the movable electrode (G) and the fixed electrodes (A through F). When the movable electrode (G) has been vibrated, the Coriolis force incident to rotation or the force incident to acceleration are added to the movable electrode (G), with a result that the charge of the various variable capacitors change. By detecting the change in charge, both angular velocity and acceleration can be obtained. By providing another variable capacitor formed by a mass portion (H) by a movable body and the substrate, acceleration components in the directions of three axes can be detected.
摘要:
Microelectromechanical device (1) comprising a supporting body (2), containing semiconductor material and a movable mass (3), constrained to the supporting body with a relative degree of freedom with respect to at least one motion direction (D), within a range (I) of admissible positions. The device also comprises stopper elements (7), operable by the movable mass due to movements along the at least one motion direction and configured to apply stop forces (FC) to opposite sides of the movable mass, transversely to the at least one motion direction, when the movable mass reaches a respective endpoint (I1, I2) of the range of admissible positions, so as to prevent the movable mass from exceeding the respective endpoint.