Abstract:
Provided is a pressure sensor including a substrate having a cavity therein, a partition wall disposed in the substrate to surround the cavity, a substrate insulation layer disposed on the top surface of the substrate to cover the cavity, a sensing unit disposed on the substrate insulation layer, and an encapsulation layer disposed on the substrate insulation layer to cover the sensing unit. The cavity may extend from a top surface toward a bottom surface of the substrate, the partition wall may have an inner sidewall exposed by the cavity, and at least a portion of the sensing unit may overlap the cavity when viewed in a plan view.
Abstract:
Provided is a microphone. The microphone includes a substrate including an acoustic chamber, a lower backplate disposed on the substrate, a diaphragm spaced apart from the lower backplate on the lower backplate, the diaphragm having a diaphragm hole passing therethrough, a connection unit disposed on the lower backplate to extend through the diaphragm hole, and an upper backplate disposed on the connection unit, the upper backplate being spaced apart from the diaphragm. Thus, the microphone may be improved in sensitivity and reliability.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of operating a flow sensor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which includes receiving an ultrasonic signal reflected from a particle, generating first and second digital, generating a first Doppler frequency based on the first and second digital signals, a predetermined number of samples, and a first time period, comparing the first Doppler frequency with a second reference frequency, when the first Doppler frequency is less than a first reference frequency, down-sampling the predetermined number of samples to a first sampling frequency or a second sampling frequency, generating a second Doppler frequency based on the first and second digital signals, the number of down-sampled samples, and a second time period determining an output frequency based on the second Doppler frequency when the first Doppler frequency is less than a first reference frequency, and obtaining flow information of the particle based on the output frequency.
Abstract:
Provided is a fluid viscosity measuring device including a support structure having an opening part, the opening part penetrating the support structure in a first direction, a driving resonator fixed to the support structure and extending to overlap the opening part, and a detection resonator fixed to the support structure and extending parallel to the driving resonator, the detection resonator being spaced apart from the driving resonator in the first direction. The driving resonator includes a first piezoelectric body. The detection resonator includes a second piezoelectric body. The first piezoelectric body and the second piezoelectric body have the same shape.
Abstract:
Provided are an acoustic sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The acoustic sensor includes a substrate including an acoustic chamber, a first hole, and a second hole, penetrating the substrate, a lower electrode pad extended onto a top surface of the substrate while covering a sidewall of the first hole, a diaphragm pad extended onto the top surface of the substrate while covering a sidewall of the second hole, a lower electrode provided on the acoustic chamber and connected to the lower electrode pad, and a diaphragm above the lower electrode while being separated from the lower electrode and connected to the diaphragm pad.
Abstract:
Provided is a structure for improving performance of a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) microphone by preventing deformation from occurring due to a residual stress and a package stress of a membrane and by decreasing membrane rigidity. A MEMS microphone according to the present disclosure includes a backplate formed on a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the substrate to surround the backplate; a membrane formed to be separate from above the backplate by a predetermined interval; a membrane supporting portion configured to connect the membrane to the substrate; and a buffering portion formed in a double spring structure between the membrane and the membrane supporting portion.
Abstract:
Provided are a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) acoustic sensor for removing a nonlinear component that occurs due to a vertical motion of a lower electrode when external sound pressure is received by fixing the lower electrode to a substrate using a fixing pin, and a fabrication method thereof. The MEMS acoustic sensor removes an undesired vertical motion of a fixed electrode when sound pressure is received by forming a fixing groove on a portion of the substrate and then forming a fixing pin on the fixing groove, and fixing the fixed electrode to the substrate using the fixing pin, and thereby improves a frequency response characteristic and also improves a yield of a process by inhibiting thermal deformation of the fixed electrode that may occur during the process.
Abstract:
Provided is an acoustic sensor. The acoustic sensor includes: a substrate including sidewall portions and a bottom portion extending from a bottom of the sidewall portions; a lower electrode fixed at the substrate and including a concave portion and a convex portion, the concave portion including a first hole on a middle region of the bottom, the convex portion including a second hole on an edge region of the bottom; diaphragms facing the concave portion of the lower electrode, with a vibration space therebetween; diaphragm supporters provided on the lower electrode at a side of the diaphragm and having a top surface having the same height as the diaphragm; and an acoustic chamber provided in a space between the bottom portion and the sidewall portions below the lower electrode.