PIEZOELECTRIC MICROELECTROMECHANICAL ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER HAVING IMPROVED CHARACTERISTICS AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING PROCESS

    公开(公告)号:US20200382876A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16882343

    申请日:2020-05-22

    Abstract: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical acoustic transducer, having a semiconductor substrate with a frame portion and a through cavity defined internally by the frame portion; an active membrane, suspended above the through cavity and anchored, at a peripheral portion thereof, to the frame portion of the substrate by an anchorage structure, a plurality of piezoelectric sensing elements carried by a front surface of the active membrane so as to detect mechanical stresses of the active membrane; a passive membrane, suspended above the through cavity, underneath the active membrane, interposed between the through cavity and a rear surface of the active membrane; and a pillar element, which fixedly couples, and is centrally interposed between, the active membrane and the passive membrane. A ventilation hole passes through the entire active membrane, the passive membrane and the pillar element to set the through cavity in fluidic communication with the front surface of the active membrane.

    PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC MEMS TRANSDUCER AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20190327562A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16389833

    申请日:2019-04-19

    Abstract: A piezoelectric MEMS transducer formed in a body of semiconductor material, which has a central axis and a peripheral area and comprises a plurality of beams, transverse to the central axis and having a first end, coupled to the peripheral area of the body, and a second end, facing the central axis; a membrane, transverse to the central axis and arranged underneath the plurality of beams; and a pillar, parallel to the central axis and rigid with the second end of the beams and to the membrane. The MEMS transducer further comprises a plurality of piezoelectric sensing elements arranged on the plurality of beams.

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