Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inertia sensor
- Patent Title (中): 惯性传感器
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Application No.: US12412176Application Date: 2009-03-26
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Publication No.: US08109144B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Takashi Kawakubo , Toshihiko Nagano , Michihiko Nishigaki
- Applicant: Takashi Kawakubo , Toshihiko Nagano , Michihiko Nishigaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-248308 20080926
- Main IPC: G01C19/00
- IPC: G01C19/00 ; G01P3/44 ; G01P9/00 ; G01P15/08 ; G01P15/09

Abstract:
A multi-axis accelerometer or a multi-axis angular rate sensor which can be made by an easy process and the size of which can be greatly reduced is provided. An inertia sensor has a substrate, a flat proofmass formed on the substrate and a stacked structure including at least a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode, an anchor unit formed in a cutout inside of the proofmass and fixed on the substrate, and a plurality of flat piezoelectric beams each having one end connected to the proofmass, the other end connected to the anchor unit, and a stacked structure formed in a cutout inside of the proofmass and including at least a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode, wherein the inertia sensor enables to detect an acceleration applied on the proofmass based on charges generated to the electrodes of the piezoelectric beams.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100077858A1 INERTIA SENSOR Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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