Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic inertial sensor and method for operating the same
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Application No.: US15081507Application Date: 2016-03-25
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Publication No.: US09618532B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Giulio Ricotti , Alberto Pagani , Fulvio Vittorio Fontana , Ubaldo Mastromatteo
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP
- Priority: ITTO2012A0290 20120402
- Main IPC: G01P15/11
- IPC: G01P15/11 ; G01P15/105 ; G01P15/08 ; B81B7/00 ; B81C1/00 ; G01C19/5783 ; G01P15/097

Abstract:
An inertial sensor having a body with an excitation coil and a first sensing coil extending along a first axis. A suspended mass includes a magnetic-field concentrator, in a position corresponding to the excitation coil, and configured for displacing by inertia in a plane along the first axis. A supply and sensing circuit is electrically coupled to the excitation coil and to the first sensing coil, and is configured for generating a time-variable flow of electric current that flows in the excitation coil so as to generate a magnetic field that interacts with the magnetic-field concentrator to induce a voltage/current in the sensing coil. The integrated circuit is configured for measuring a value of the voltage/current induced in the first sensing coil so as to detect a quantity associated to the displacement of the suspended mass along the first axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160209440A1 MAGNETIC INERTIAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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