Abstract:
A gyroscope device and method of operation therefor. The gyroscope device can include a power input, a charge pump portion coupled to the power input, a selection mechanism, a switching mechanism, an oscillator driving mechanism coupled to the switching mechanism, and an oscillator coupled to the charge pump portion and to the oscillator driving mechanism. The method of operation can include providing a first or second selection signal from a selection mechanism associated with the outputting of a DC input power or DC output power from a switching mechanism, respectively. These signals, along with an oscillator driving signal from an oscillator driving mechanism, can be used to initiate and maintain oscillation of an oscillator at a steady-state frequency within a predetermined range of frequencies.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a multiple MEMS device. A semiconductor substrate having a first and second MEMS device, and an encapsulation wafer with a first cavity and a second cavity, which includes at least one channel, can be provided. The first MEMS can be encapsulated within the first cavity and the second MEMS device can be encapsulated within the second cavity. These devices can be encapsulated within a provided first encapsulation environment at a first air pressure, encapsulating the first MEMS device within the first cavity at the first air pressure. The second MEMS device within the second cavity can then be subjected to a provided second encapsulating environment at a second air pressure via the channel of the second cavity.
Abstract:
An integrated MEMS inertial sensor device. The device includes a MEMS inertial sensor overlying a CMOS substrate. The MEMS inertial sensor includes a drive frame coupled to the surface region via at least one drive spring, a sense mass coupled to the drive frame via at least a sense spring, and a sense electrode disposed underlying the sense mass. The device also includes at least one pair of quadrature cancellation electrodes disposed within a vicinity of the sense electrode, wherein each pair includes an N-electrode and a P-electrode.