MICROELECTROMECHANICAL BUTTON DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING WATERPROOF USER INTERFACE ELEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240051817A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18363599

    申请日:2023-08-01

    Abstract: A microelectromechanical button device is provided with a detection structure having: a substrate of semiconductor material with a front surface and a rear surface; a buried electrode arranged on the substrate; a mobile electrode, arranged in a structural layer overlying the substrate and elastically suspended above the buried electrode at a separation distance so as to form a detection capacitor; and a cap coupled over the structural layer and having a first main surface facing the structural layer and a second main surface that is designed to be mechanically coupled to a deformable portion of a case of an electronic apparatus of a portable or wearable type. The cap has, on its first main surface, an actuation portion arranged over the mobile electrode and configured to cause, in the presence of a pressure applied on the second main surface, a deflection of the mobile electrode and its approach to the buried electrode, with a consequent capacitive variation of the detection capacitor, which is indicative of an actuation of the microelectromechanical button device.

    MEMS DEVICE COMPRISING A DEFORMABLE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE MEMS DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240010489A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18341565

    申请日:2023-06-26

    Abstract: A MEMS device comprising: a semiconductor body defining a main cavity and forming an anchorage structure; and a first deformable structure having a first end and a second end that are opposite to one another along a first axis, the first deformable structure being fixed to the anchorage structure via the first end so as to be suspended over the main cavity. The second end is configured to oscillate, with respect to the anchorage structure, along a second axis. The first deformable structure comprises a main body having a first outer surface and a second outer surface, and a piezoelectric structure, which extends over the first outer surface. The main body comprises a bottom portion and a top portion that delimit along the second axis a first buried cavity aligned with the piezoelectric structure along the second axis, wherein a maximum thickness of the top portion of the main body along the second axis is smaller than a minimum thickness of the bottom portion of the main body along the second axis.

    MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL OPTICAL SHUTTER WITH ROTATING SHIELDING STRUCTURES AND RELATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20230168488A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18058152

    申请日:2022-11-22

    CPC classification number: G02B26/04

    Abstract: A MEMS shutter including: a substrate of semiconductor material traversed by a main aperture, and a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, which form a supporting structure fixed to the substrate; a plurality of deformable structures; a plurality of actuators; and a plurality of shielding structures, each of which is formed by a corresponding portion of at least one between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, the shielding structures being arranged angularly around the underlying main aperture so as to provide shielding of the main aperture, each shielding structure being further coupled to the supporting structure via a corresponding deformable structure. Each actuator may be controlled so as to cause a rotation of a corresponding shielding structure between a respective first position and a respective second position, thus varying shielding of the main aperture. The first and second positions of the shielding structures are such that, in at least one operating condition of the MEMS shutter, pairs of adjacent shielding structures at least partially overlap one another.

    MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL OPTICAL SHUTTER WITH TRANSLATING SHIELDING STRUCTURES AND RELATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20230168415A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18058147

    申请日:2022-11-22

    CPC classification number: G02B5/005 H02N1/006 H02N2/028

    Abstract: A MEMS shutter including: a semiconductor substrate traversed by an aperture; a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, which form a supporting structure fixed to the substrate; a plurality of deformable structures, each of which is formed by a corresponding portion of at least one between the first and second semiconductor layers; a plurality of actuators; a plurality of shielding structures, each of which is formed by a corresponding portion of at least one between the first and second semiconductor layers, the shielding structures being arranged angularly around the underlying aperture so as to provide shielding of the aperture, each shielding structure being further coupled to the supporting structure via a deformable structure. Each actuator may be controlled so as to translate a corresponding shielding structure between a first position and a second position, thus varying shielding of the aperture; the first and second positions of the shielding structures are such that, in at least one operating condition, pairs of adjacent shielding structures at least partially overlap one another.

    PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A COMBINED MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING COMBINED MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220380203A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17744312

    申请日:2022-05-13

    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a combined microelectromechanical device includes forming, in a die of semiconductor material, at least a first and a second microelectromechanical structure, performing a first bonding phase to bond a cap to the die via a bonding region or adhesive to define at least a first and a second cavity at the first and, respectively, second microelectromechanical structures, the cavities being at a controlled pressure, forming an access channel through the cap in fluidic communication with the first cavity to control the pressure value inside the first cavity in a distinct manner with respect to a respective pressure value inside the second cavity, and performing a second bonding phase, after which the bonding region deforms to hermetically close the first cavity with respect to the access channel.

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