ACCELEROMETERS
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    发明申请
    ACCELEROMETERS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190242925A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-08

    申请号:US16261752

    申请日:2019-01-30

    发明人: Alan Malvern

    IPC分类号: G01P15/125 G01P15/13 G01P1/00

    摘要: A method for controlling closed loop operation of a capacitive accelerometer comprises applying first in-phase and anti-phase PWM drive signals, respectively, to a first pair of fixed capacitive electrodes and applying second in-phase and anti-phase PWM drive signals, respectively, to a second pair of fixed capacitive electrodes. A displacement of a proof mass relative to fixed capacitive electrodes is sensed by measuring a pickoff signal from the proof mass and adjusting the mark-space ratio of the first and/or second PWM drive signals to provide a restoring force on the proof mass that balances an applied acceleration and maintains the proof mass at a null position. The first and second PWM drive signals applied to the first and second pairs of fixed capacitive electrodes are offset in time from one another by an offset period.

    Micro-electro-mechanical system device

    公开(公告)号:US10012671B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-03

    申请号:US14931696

    申请日:2015-11-03

    发明人: Shih-Chieh Lin

    IPC分类号: G01P15/125

    摘要: A MEMS device includes: a substrate; a proof mass suspended over the substrate, the proof mass including at least one proof mass body and a proof mass frame connected to and accommodating the proof mass body, the proof mass frame including at least one self-test frame; and at least one self-test electrode inside the self-test frame, and connected to the substrate; wherein when a voltage difference is applied between the self-test electrode and the self-test frame, the proof mass is driven to have an in-plane movement, and wherein the self-test electrode and the self-test frame do not form a sensing capacitor in between.

    Accelerometer with offset compensation

    公开(公告)号:US09927459B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US14073160

    申请日:2013-11-06

    摘要: An accelerometer has a movable mass suspended above a substrate, and a variable acceleration capacitor supported by the substrate. The movable mass has a mass anchor securing the mass to the substrate, while the acceleration capacitor has both a stationary finger extending from the substrate, and a movable finger extending from the movable mass. The accelerometer also has a variable stress capacitor, which also includes the stress finger, for determining movement of the mass anchor relative to the substrate.

    MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SENSOR DEVICE WITH REDUCED STRESS SENSITIVITY

    公开(公告)号:US20170108530A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-20

    申请号:US15182317

    申请日:2016-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01P15/125 G01P1/00

    摘要: A MEMS sensor device provided with a sensing structure, having: a substrate with a top surface extending in a horizontal plane; an inertial mass, suspended over the substrate; elastic coupling elements, elastically connected to the inertial mass so as to enable inertial movement thereof with respect to the substrate as a function of a quantity to be detected along a sensing axis belonging to the horizontal plane; and sensing electrodes, capacitively coupled to the inertial mass so as to form at least one sensing capacitor, a value of capacitance of which is indicative of the quantity to be detected. The sensing structure moreover has a suspension structure, to which the sensing electrodes are rigidly coupled, and to which the inertial mass is elastically coupled through the elastic coupling elements; the suspension structure is connected to an anchorage structure, fixed with respect to the substrate, by means of elastic suspension elements.