公开(公告)号：US08806939B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-19

申请号：US12966700

申请日：2010-12-13

申请人： Chris Painter

发明人： Chris Painter

IPC分类号： G01C19/56 ,  G01C19/5691

CPC分类号： G01C19/5691 ,  Y10T29/49002

摘要： A micro-scale hemispherical resonator gyroscope includes a hemispherical resonator with a plurality of masses positioned around the periphery of the hemispherical resonator. At least some of the masses may be made of a heavy metal, such as tungsten, gold, platinum, or lead, and may be positioned at points of maximum deflection or velocity of the resonator. The hemispherical resonator may have a 2 mm diameter and a ring down time of at least 500 seconds.

摘要翻译： 微尺度半球谐振器陀螺仪包括半球谐振器，其具有围绕半球谐振器的周边定位的多个质量。 至少一些质量块可以由诸如钨，金，铂或铅的重金属制成，并且可以位于谐振器的最大偏转或速度的点处。 该半球形谐振器可以具有2mm直径和至少500秒的减振时间。

公开(公告)号：US08089735B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-03

申请号：US12325466

申请日：2008-12-01

申请人： Sergio Orozco

发明人： Sergio Orozco

IPC分类号： H02H3/00

CPC分类号： H01H9/542 ,  H03K2017/0806

摘要： Hybrid power relay for making and breaking an electrical circuit which includes electromagnetically operated contacts for making and breaking the circuit, a solid state switch connected across the contacts, a control circuit responsive to a control signal for actuating the solid state switch and the contacts such that the solid state switch closes before the contacts to make the circuit and the contacts open before the solid state switch to break the circuit, and a protective circuit for monitoring the temperature of the solid state switch and opening the switch in the event of a rise in temperature produced by abnormal current flow in the switch due to failure of the contacts to make and maintain the circuit.

摘要翻译： 用于制造和断开电路的混合动力继电器，其包括用于制造和断开电路的电磁操作触点，连接在触点上的固态开关，响应用于致动固态开关和触点的控制信号的控制电路，使得 固态开关在触点之前闭合，使固定开关断开电路和触点断开，并且用于监测固态开关的温度并在发生升高时打开开关的保护电路 由于触点的故障导致开关中异常电流流动产生的温度产生和保持电路。

公开(公告)号：US20100072862A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-25

申请号：US12236156

申请日：2008-09-23

申请人： William Paul Berger ,  Mark Andrew Collins ,  Michael Thomas Frazee ,  Thad W. (Marc) Smith ,  Robert Albert Anderson ,  Stuart John Knowles ,  Victor Dragotti

发明人： William Paul Berger ,  Mark Andrew Collins ,  Michael Thomas Frazee ,  Thad W. (Marc) Smith ,  Robert Albert Anderson ,  Stuart John Knowles ,  Victor Dragotti

IPC分类号： H01L41/08 ,  H01L41/22

CPC分类号： G01P1/023 ,  B81B7/0058 ,  B81B2201/0235 ,  B81B2207/012 ,  B81C1/0023 ,  G01C19/5628 ,  G01C19/5783 ,  H01L23/057 ,  H01L2224/49171 ,  H01L2924/1433 ,  Y10T29/42 ,  Y10T29/49002 ,  Y10T29/49004 ,  Y10T29/49005 ,  Y10T29/49007 ,  Y10T29/4908

摘要： Inertial sensor having a body with first and second cavities on opposite sides thereof, a sensing element in the first cavity, electronic circuitry in the second cavity, electrical conductors interconnecting the sensing element and the circuitry, and leads connected electrically to the circuitry and extending from the body for mounting the sensor and making connections with the circuitry.

摘要翻译： 惯性传感器具有在其相对侧上具有第一和第二空腔的主体，第一腔中的感测元件，第二腔中的电子电路，将感测元件和电路互连的电导体以及电连接到电路并从电路延伸的引线 用于安装传感器并与电路连接的主体。

公开(公告)号：US20090194831A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-06

申请号：US12024975

申请日：2008-02-01

申请人： Gary L. CASEY ,  Saleh AHMED

发明人： Gary L. CASEY ,  Saleh AHMED

IPC分类号： G01L9/06 ,  H05K3/36 ,  H01R12/00

CPC分类号： H05K1/0272 ,  G01L19/0038 ,  G01L19/148 ,  H05K3/4611 ,  H05K3/4697 ,  H05K2201/10151 ,  Y10T29/49126

摘要： Described herein is an integrated pressure sensor assembly. The integrated pressure sensor assembly includes a printed circuit board assembly comprising a plurality of boards; a pressure die mounted on at least a portion of the printed circuit board assembly; and a housing engaged to the printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly includes at least one pressure transmission channel and at least one electrical transmission channel.

摘要翻译： 这里描述的是集成的压力传感器组件。 集成压力传感器组件包括：印刷电路板组件，其包括多个板; 安装在所述印刷电路板组件的至少一部分上的压模; 以及与印刷电路板组件接合的壳体。 印刷电路板组件包括至少一个压力传输通道和至少一个电气传输通道。

公开(公告)号：US20090183570A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-23

申请号：US12016822

申请日：2008-01-18

申请人： Cenk Acar ,  Minyao Mao

发明人： Cenk Acar ,  Minyao Mao

IPC分类号： G01P15/125

CPC分类号： G01P15/18 ,  G01P15/125 ,  G01P2015/0831

摘要： Micromachined accelerometer having one or more proof masses (16, 36, 37, 71, 72) mounted on one or more decoupling frames (17, 38, 39) or on a shuttle (73) such that the proof mass(es) can move along a first (y) axis in response to acceleration along the first axis while being constrained against movement along a second (x) axis and for torsional movement about a third (z) axis perpendicular to the first and second axes in response to acceleration along the second axis. Electrodes (26, 53, 54, 78, 79) that move with the proof mass(es) are interleaved with stationary electrodes (27, 56, 57, 81, 82) to form capacitors (A-D) that change in capacitance both in response to movement of the proof mass(es) along the first axis and in response to torsional movement of the proof mass(es) about the third axis, and circuitry (31-34) connected to the electrodes for providing output signals corresponding to acceleration along the first and second axes. The capacitances of two capacitors on each side of the second axis change in the same direction in response to acceleration along the first axis and in opposite directions in response to acceleration along the second axis. Signals from the capacitors that change capacitance in opposite directions both in response to acceleration along the first axis and in response to acceleration along the second axis are differentially combined to provide first and second difference signals, and the difference signals are additively and differentially combined to provide output signals corresponding to acceleration along the first and second axes.

摘要翻译： 具有安装在一个或多个解耦框架（17,38,39）上或穿梭器（73）上的一个或多个检验质量块（16,36,37,71,72）的微机械加速度计，使得证明物质可以移动 响应于沿着第一轴线的加速度沿着第一（y）轴线沿着第一轴线（y），同时被限制为沿着第二（x）轴线的运动，并且响应于沿着加速沿着垂直于第一和第二轴线的第三（z）轴线的扭转运动 第二轴。 与检测质量块一起移动的电极（26,53,54,78,79）与固定电极（27,56,57,81,82）交错，以形成电容器（AD），电容器在响应时变化 沿着第一轴线移动检测质量块并响应于围绕第三轴线的检测质量块的扭转运动，以及连接到电极的电路（31-34），用于提供对应于加速度的输出信号 第一和第二轴。 响应于沿着第二轴的加速度，响应于沿着第一轴的加速度和相反方向响应于沿着第二轴的加速度，第二轴的每一侧的两个电容器的电容在相同的方向上变化。 响应于沿着第一轴的加速度和响应于沿着第二轴的加速度而在相反方向改变电容的电容器的信号被差分地组合以提供第一和第二差分信号，并且差分信号被相加和差分地组合以提供 对应于沿着第一和第二轴的加速度的输出信号。

公开(公告)号：US07548318B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-16

申请号：US11734983

申请日：2007-04-13

申请人： Igor Leonidovich Tchertkov ,  Salisbury Edward Henry Aston ,  Richard John August ,  Randall Jaffe

发明人： Igor Leonidovich Tchertkov ,  Salisbury Edward Henry Aston ,  Richard John August ,  Randall Jaffe

IPC分类号： G01C19/70 ,  G01P3/00

CPC分类号： G01C19/56

摘要： Dithering mechanism and method for eliminating the effects of zero-rate bias in a rate sensor or gyroscope. Both continuously moving and indexing embodiments are disclosed. The mechanism includes a first part mounted in a fixed position centered about a dither axis perpendicular to the input axis of the gyroscope, a second part disposed coaxially of the first part and affixed to the sensing element of the gyroscope, and a plurality of piezoelectrically driven quartz flexure beams extending radially between the first and second parts for dithering the second part about the dither axis. In some embodiments, the dithering mechanism is formed separately from and affixed to the sensing element of the gyroscope, and in others it is formed integrally with the sensing element. In the indexing embodiments, radial arms and fixed stops limit movement of the mechanism between two fixed positions, and drive signals and holding potentials are applied alternately to dither the mechanism between the two positions and to hold it alternately in those positions during successive data acquisition periods.

摘要翻译： 用于消除速率传感器或陀螺仪中零速率偏置影响的抖动机制和方法。 公开了连续移动和分度实施例。 该机构包括安装在以垂直于陀螺仪的输入轴的抖动轴为中心的固定位置的第一部分，与第一部分同轴设置并固定到陀螺仪的感测元件的第二部分，以及多个压电驱动 石英挠曲梁在第一和第二部分之间径向延伸，用于使第二部分围绕抖动轴线抖动。 在一些实施例中，抖动机构与陀螺仪的感测元件分开形成并固定到陀螺仪的感测元件，而在另一些实施例中，其与传感元件整体形成。 在分度实施例中，径向臂和固定止动器限制机构在两个固定位置之间的移动，并且交替施加驱动信号和保持电位以对两个位置之间的机构进行抖动，并在连续数据采集周期期间将其交替保持在那些位置 。

公开(公告)号：US07501834B2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-10

申请号：US11159572

申请日：2005-06-21

申请人： Asad M. Madni ,  Jim B. Vuong ,  Robert K. Hansen

发明人： Asad M. Madni ,  Jim B. Vuong ,  Robert K. Hansen

IPC分类号： G01R27/26 ,  H04R9/06

CPC分类号： H02K11/21 ,  H02K41/0356 ,  H02P25/034

摘要： A voice coil actuator having a capacitive sensor. A magnetic housing contains at least one magnet, and has a wall that defines a first cavity. A magnetic core is coupled to the magnetic housing and extend from an interior surface of the magnetic housing in a direction of a center axis of the wall of the magnetic housing. A coil assembly has a wall defining a second cavity that at least partly envelops the magnetic core, disposed at least partly inside the first cavity, and adapted to move linearly with respect to the magnetic housing. The coil assembly forms a capacitive sensor with the magnetic core, the capacitive sensor adapted to measure at least one of position, velocity and acceleration of the coil assembly with respect to the magnetic housing.

摘要翻译： 具有电容式传感器的音圈致动器。 磁性壳体包含至少一个磁体，并且具有限定第一腔的壁。 磁芯被耦合到磁性壳体并且从磁性壳体的内表面沿着磁性壳体的壁的中心轴线的方向延伸。 线圈组件具有限定第二腔的壁，所述第二腔至少部分地包围磁芯，至少部分地设置在第一腔内，并且适于相对于磁性壳体线性地移动。 线圈组件形成具有磁芯的电容传感器，电容式传感器适于测量线圈组件相对于磁性壳体的位置，速度和加速度中的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US07395718B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-08

申请号：US11405961

申请日：2006-04-17

申请人： Horst Obermeier

发明人： Horst Obermeier

IPC分类号： G01L9/00

CPC分类号： G01L19/147 ,  G01L9/0054 ,  G01L19/0627

摘要： A pressure sensor system for measuring the pressure of a corrosive media includes a silicon plate forming a diaphragm and a glass plate or ring bonded to said silicon plate with an opening over the diaphragm. The diaphragm has resistive areas of different orientations to provide first resistive areas which have increased resistance with diaphragm deflection, and other areas which have decreased or little change in resistance with diaphragm deflection. The resistive areas may be formed by doping the silicon plate. The resistive areas have broad doped connectors extending outward to areas beyond the seal between the glass plate or ring, to wire bond areas on the silicon plate. Accordingly, the wire bond pads are not exposed to the corrosive media.

摘要翻译： 用于测量腐蚀性介质的压力的压力传感器系统包括形成隔膜的硅板和在隔膜上具有开口的结合到所述硅板的玻璃板或环。 膜片具有不同取向的电阻区域，以提供具有增加的电阻与膜片偏转的第一电阻区域，以及其他具有膜片偏转的电阻变化或变化小的区域。 可以通过掺杂硅板形成电阻区域。 电阻区域具有向外扩展到玻璃板或环之间的密封之外的区域的宽掺杂连接器，到硅板上的引线接合区域。 因此，引线接合焊盘不暴露于腐蚀性介质。

公开(公告)号：US07353608B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-08

申请号：US11339040

申请日：2006-01-25

申请人： Saeed Yazdani

发明人： Saeed Yazdani

IPC分类号： G01B5/24 ,  G01D21/00

CPC分类号： G01D11/245 ,  G01D5/20 ,  G01D5/2291

摘要： An angular displacement sensor. The input shaft is supported by a housing and fixed to a main gear. A plurality of secondary gears are arranged around and meshed with the primary gear. A plurality of displacement sensors are integrally coupled with the secondary gears. Advantageously, the main shaft is formed with a shear notch. Further, each of the secondary gears are coupled to the displacement sensors so as to break free in case of a jam.

摘要翻译： 角位移传感器。 输入轴由壳体支撑并固定在主齿轮上。 多个次级齿轮布置在主齿轮周围并与主齿轮啮合。 多个位移传感器与次级齿轮一体地联接。 有利地，主轴形成有剪切切口。 此外，每个副齿轮联接到位移传感器，以便在卡纸的情况下断开。

公开(公告)号：US08217475B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-10

申请号：US12121070

申请日：2008-05-15

申请人： Peter Seesink ,  Omar Abed

发明人： Peter Seesink ,  Omar Abed

IPC分类号： H01L29/94

CPC分类号： G01P15/0802 ,  G01L9/0073 ,  G01P15/125 ,  H01L28/40 ,  H01L2224/48091 ,  H01L2224/73265 ,  H01L2924/00014

摘要： Described herein is the sense element assembly for a capacitive pressure sensor and method for creating same that has increased sensitivity despite the parasitic capacitance that is created. The capacitive sensor element assembly, comprises a first semiconductive layer, and a first conductive layer, a first dielectric layer into which a cavity has been formed, the dielectric layer lying between the first semiconductive layer and the first conductive layer, wherein an electrical connection is made to the second conductive layer. A preferred method for fabricating a capacitive sensor assembly of the present invention comprises the steps of forming a dielectric layer on top of a conductive handle wafer; creating at least one cavity in the dielectric layer, bonding a thin semiconductive layer to the dielectric layer and connecting an operational amplifier to the input of the capacitive sensor assembly to overcome the parasitic capacitance formed during fabrication.

摘要翻译： 这里描述的是用于电容式压力传感器的感测元件组件和用于产生具有增加的灵敏度的方法，尽管产生了寄生电容。 电容式传感器元件组件包括第一半导体层和第一导电层，第一电介质层，已经形成空腔的第一电介质层，介电层位于第一半导体层和第一导电层之间，其中电连接为 制成第二导电层。 用于制造本发明的电容传感器组件的优选方法包括以下步骤：在导电处理晶片的顶部上形成电介质层; 在电介质层中形成至少一个空腔，将薄的半导体层接合到电介质层，并将运算放大器连接到电容式传感器组件的输入端，以克服在制造过程中形成的寄生电容。