Invention Grant
- Patent Title: 3D MEMS magnetometer and associated methods
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Application No.: US15534702Application Date: 2015-12-02
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Publication No.: US11287486B2Publication Date: 2022-03-29
- Inventor: Robert Mark Boysel
- Applicant: MOTION ENGINE INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Montréal
- Assignee: MOTION ENGINE INC.
- Current Assignee: MOTION ENGINE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montréal
- Agency: McCarter & English, LLP
- International Application: PCT/CA2015/051259 WO 20151202
- International Announcement: WO2016/090467 WO 20160616
- Main IPC: G01R33/26
- IPC: G01R33/26 ; G01R33/028 ; G01R33/02

Abstract:
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) magnetometer is provided for measuring magnetic field components along three orthogonal axes. The MEMS magnetometer includes a top cap wafer, a bottom cap wafer and a MEMS wafer having opposed top and bottom sides bonded respectively to the top and bottom cap wafers. The MEMS wafer includes a frame structure and current-carrying first, second and third magnetic field transducers. The top cap, bottom cap and MEMS wafer are electrically conductive and stacked along the third axis. The top cap wafer, bottom cap wafer and frame structure together form one or more cavities enclosing the magnetic field transducers. The MEMS magnetometer further includes first, second and third electrode assemblies, the first and second electrode assemblies being formed in the top and/or bottom cap wafers. Each electrode assembly is configured to sense an output of a respective magnetic field transducer induced by a respective magnetic field component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170363694A1 3D MEMS MAGNETOMETER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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