MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE INCORPORATING A GYROSCOPE AND AN ACCELEROMETER

    公开(公告)号:US20160091528A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-31

    申请号:US14964469

    申请日:2015-12-09

    IPC分类号: G01P15/18

    摘要: A microelectromechanical device includes: a supporting structure; two sensing masses, movable with respect to the supporting structure according to a first axis and a respective second axis; a driving device for maintaining the sensing masses in oscillation along the first axis in phase opposition; sensing units for supplying sensing signals indicative of displacements respectively of the sensing masses according to the respective second axis; processing components for combining the sensing signals so as to: in a first sensing mode, amplify effects on the sensing signals of concordant displacements and attenuate effects of discordant displacements of the sensing masses; and in a second sensing mode, amplify effects on the sensing signals of discordant displacements and attenuate effects of concordant displacements of the sensing masses.

    PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DEVICE, AND MEMS DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210363000A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US17320993

    申请日:2021-05-14

    IPC分类号: B81B3/00 B81C1/00

    摘要: A process for manufacturing a MEMS device includes forming a first structural layer of a first thickness on a substrate. First trenches are formed through the first structural layer, and masking regions separated by first openings are formed on the first structural layer. A second structural layer of a second thickness is formed on the first structural layer in direct contact with the first structural layer at the first openings and forms, together with the first structural layer, thick structural regions having a third thickness equal to the sum of the first and the second thicknesses. A plurality of second trenches are formed through the second structural layer, over the masking regions, and third trenches are formed through the first and the second structural layers by removing selective portions of the thick structural regions.

    MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE WITH ELASTIC ASSEMBLY HAVING VARIABLE ELASTIC CONSTANT

    公开(公告)号:US20210190814A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17122793

    申请日:2020-12-15

    IPC分类号: G01P15/125

    摘要: A micromechanical device includes a semiconductor body, a first mobile structure, an elastic assembly, coupled to the first mobile structure and to the semiconductor body and adapted to undergo deformation in a direction, and at least one abutment element. The elastic assembly is configured to enable an oscillation of the first mobile structure as a function of a force applied thereto. The first mobile structure, the abutment element and the elastic assembly are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that: when the force is lower than a force threshold, the elastic assembly operates with a first elastic constant; and when the force is greater than the threshold force, then the first mobile structure is in contact with the abutment element, and a deformation of the elastic assembly is generated, which operates with a second elastic constant different from the first elastic constant.

    WATERPROOF MEMS BUTTON DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE COMPRISING THE MEMS BUTTON DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210095949A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US17025977

    申请日:2020-09-18

    IPC分类号: G01B7/16 B81B7/00

    摘要: A button device includes a MEMS sensor having a MEMS strain detection structure and a deformable substrate configured to undergo deformation under the action of an external force. The MEMS strain detection structure includes a mobile element carried by the deformable substrate via at least a first and a second anchorage, the latter fixed with respect to the deformable substrate and configured to displace and generate a deformation force on the mobile element in the presence of the external force; and stator elements capacitively coupled to the mobile element. The deformation of the mobile element causes a capacitance variation between the mobile element and the stator elements. Furthermore, the MEMS sensor is configured to generate detection signals correlated to the capacitance variation.

    MEMS GYROSCOPE HAVING QUADRATURE COMPENSATION ELECTRODES AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING A QUADRATURE ERROR

    公开(公告)号:US20230135941A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18048370

    申请日:2022-10-20

    IPC分类号: G01C19/5712 B81B3/00

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to a MEMS gyroscope formed by a substrate and a movable mass suspended on the substrate and configured to carry out a movement in a driving direction and in a detection direction perpendicular to each other. The movable mass has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The gyroscope also has a first and a second quadrature compensation electrode group, fixed to the substrate and capacitively coupled to the movable mass. The first quadrature compensation electrode group faces the first face of the movable mass, and the second quadrature compensation electrode group faces the second face of the movable mass. The first and the second quadrature compensation electrode groups each have a respective variable facing area on the movable mass as a result of the movement of the movable mass in the driving direction and are configured to exert an electrostatic force on the movable mass during the movement of the movable mass in the driving direction.

    FM INERTIAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE FM INERTIAL SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190064205A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16116467

    申请日:2018-08-29

    摘要: An inertial sensor for sensing an external acceleration includes: a first and a second proof mass; a first and a second capacitor formed between first and second fixed electrodes and the first proof mass; a third and a fourth capacitor formed between third and fourth fixed electrodes and the second proof mass; a driving assembly configured to cause an antiphase oscillation of the first and second proof masses; a biasing circuit configured to bias the first and third capacitors, thus generating first variation of the oscillation frequency in a first time interval, and to bias the second and fourth capacitors, thus generating first variation of the oscillation frequency in a second time interval; a sensing assembly, configured to generate an differential output signal which is a function of a difference between a value of the oscillating frequency during the first time interval and a value of the oscillating frequency during the second time interval. Such differential output signal can be correlated to the value and direction of the external acceleration.