Rocker device for a micromechanical Z-sensor

    公开(公告)号:US09970957B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US14925305

    申请日:2015-10-28

    CPC classification number: G01P15/125 B81B2203/0181 G01P2015/0831

    Abstract: A rocker device for a micromechanical Z-sensor, including two rocker arms which are mounted around a torsion spring and which are asymmetric relative to the torsion spring; the rocker arms having first perforations; at least one of the rocker arms having at least one opening, a diameter of the first perforations being configured in a defined manner to be smaller than a diameter of the opening; and a cavity for connecting the first perforations to the at least one opening being formed in at least one of the rocker arms.

    Micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device

    公开(公告)号:US12151936B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-26

    申请号:US17776354

    申请日:2021-01-12

    Abstract: A micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device. The micromechanical component includes a diaphragm with a diaphragm inner side to which an electrode structure is directly or indirectly connected; and a cavity that is formed at least in a volume that is exposed by at least one removed area of at least one sacrificial layer. At least one residual area made of at least one electrically insulating sacrificial layer material of the at least one sacrificial layer is also present at the micromechanical component, and including at least one insulation area made of at least one electrically insulating material that is not the same as the electrically insulating sacrificial layer material. The electrode structure is electrically insulated from the diaphragm, and/or the at least one residual area of the at least one sacrificial layer is delimited from the cavity, using the at least one insulation area.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MICROMECHANICAL SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230339745A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US17792171

    申请日:2021-03-22

    CPC classification number: B81C1/00523 B81B3/0024

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micromechanical sensor. The method includes: applying a first oxide sacrificial layer onto a substrate; removing material of the substrate through openings in the first oxide sacrificial layer; closing the openings in the first oxide sacrificial layer by applying a second oxide sacrificial layer; forming a sensing area on a carrier structure, the sensing area and the carrier structure being formed on the oxide sacrificial layers and the sensing area and/or the carrier structure being connected to the substrate via at least one attachment area, which forms a flexible structure; and at least partially removing the oxide sacrificial layers between the carrier structure and the substrate with the aid of an etching process.

    PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220081285A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17446898

    申请日:2021-09-03

    Abstract: A production method for a micromechanical component for a sensor or microphone device. The method includes: patterning a plurality of first trenches through a substrate surface of a monocrystalline substrate made of at least one semiconductor material using anisotropic etching, covering the lateral walls of the plurality of first trenches with a passivation layer, while bottom areas of the plurality of first trenches are kept free or are freed of the passivation layer, etching at least one first cavity, into which the plurality of first trenches opens, into the monocrystalline substrate using an isotropic etching method, in which an etching medium of the isotropic etching method is conducted through the plurality of first trenches, and by covering the plurality of first trenches by epitaxially growing a monocrystalline sealing layer on the substrate surface of the monocrystalline substrate made of the at least one identical semiconductor material as the monocrystalline substrate.

    MEMBRANE SENSOR FOR COMPENSATING FOR AN ACCELERATION, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A COMPENSATED SENSOR SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20240369435A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18630460

    申请日:2024-04-09

    Abstract: A membrane sensor. The membrane sensor includes: a pressure sensor configured to generate a first sensor signal depending on a deflection of a pressure-loadable membrane; an acceleration sensor configured to generate a second sensor signal depending on an acceleration acting on a MEMS functional structure; and an evaluation circuit configured to compensate for a dependence of the first sensor signal on an acceleration force, in particular weight force, acting on the membrane, based on the second sensor signal. The pressure sensor and the acceleration sensor are stacked one above the other in a z direction. A method for generating a compensated sensor signal using such a membrane sensor is also described.

    MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT FOR A SENSOR DEVICE OR MICROPHONE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220396477A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17776354

    申请日:2021-01-12

    Abstract: A micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device. The micromechanical component includes a diaphragm with a diaphragm inner side to which an electrode structure is directly or indirectly connected; and a cavity that is formed at least in a volume that is exposed by at least one removed area of at least one sacrificial layer. At least one residual area made of at least one electrically insulating sacrificial layer material of the at least one sacrificial layer is also present at the micromechanical component, and including at least one insulation area made of at least one electrically insulating material that is not the same as the electrically insulating sacrificial layer material. The electrode structure is electrically insulated from the diaphragm, and/or the at least one residual area of the at least one sacrificial layer is delimited from the cavity, using the at least one insulation area.

    Micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device

    公开(公告)号:US11418885B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US17147310

    申请日:2021-01-12

    Abstract: A micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device. The component includes a diaphragm support structure with a diaphragm, a cavity formed in the diaphragm support structure and adjoined by a diaphragm inner side, and a separating trench structured through the surface of the diaphragm support structure and extends to the cavity and completely frames the diaphragm, and that is sealed off media-tight and/or air-tight using at least one separating trench closure material. An etching channel is formed in the diaphragm support structure, separately from the separating trench, and extends from its first etching channel end section to its second etching channel end section. The first etching channel end section opens into the cavity, and the second etching channel end section is sealed off media-tight and/or air-tight using at least one etching channel closure structure formed on an outer partial surface of the surface of the diaphragm support structure.

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