Abstract:
A micro-electro-mechanical device (50), wherein a platform (52) is formed in a top substrate and is configured to turn through a rotation angle (θ). The platform has a slit (70) and faces a cavity (53). A plurality of integrated photodetectors (70) is formed in a bottom substrate so as to detect the light through the slit and generate signals correlated to the light through the slit. The area of the slit varies with the rotation angle of the platform and causes diffraction, more or less marked as a function of the angle. The difference between the signals of two photodetectors arranged at different positions with respect to the slit yields the angle.
Abstract:
A micro-electro-mechanical device (50), wherein a platform (52) is formed in a top substrate and is configured to turn through a rotation angle (θ). The platform has a slit (70) and faces a cavity (53). A plurality of integrated photodetectors (70) is formed in a bottom substrate so as to detect the light through the slit and generate signals correlated to the light through the slit. The area of the slit varies with the rotation angle of the platform and causes diffraction, more or less marked as a function of the angle. The difference between the signals of two photodetectors arranged at different positions with respect to the slit yields the angle.
Abstract:
A packaged pressure sensor, comprising: a MEMS pressure-sensor chip; and an encapsulating layer of elastomeric material, in particular PDMS, which extends over the MEMS pressure-sensor chip and forms a means for transferring a force, applied on a surface thereof, towards the MEMS pressure-sensor chip.
Abstract:
A MEMS device (20) is provided with: a supporting base (22), having a bottom surface (22b) in contact with an external environment; a sensor die (24), which is of semiconductor material and integrates a micromechanical detection structure (25); a sensor frame (30), which is arranged around the sensor die (24) and is mechanically coupled to a top surface (22a) of the supporting base (22); and a cap (36), which is arranged above the sensor die (24) and is mechanically coupled to a top surface (30a) of the sensor frame (30), a top surface (36a) of the cap (36) being in contact with an external environment. The sensor die (24) is mechanically decoupled from the sensor frame (30).
Abstract:
A packaged sensor assembly includes: a packaging structure (2), having at least one opening (18); a humidity sensor (5) and a pressure sensor (10), which are housed inside the packaging structure (2) and communicate fluidically with the outside through the opening (18), and a control circuit (7), operatively coupled to the humidity sensor (5) and to the pressure sensor (10); wherein the humidity sensor (5) and the control circuit (7) are integrated in a first chip (3), and the pressure sensor (10) is integrated in a second chip (8) distinct from the first chip (3) and bonded to the first chip (3).
Abstract:
Provided is an acoustic transducer (11) including: a semiconductor substrate (21); a vibrating membrane (23), provided above the semiconductor substrate (21), including a vibrating electrode (220); and a fixed membrane (23), provided above the semiconductor substrate (21), including a fixed electrode (230), the acoustic transducer detecting a sound wave according to changes in capacitances between the vibrating electrode (220) and the fixed electrode (230), converting the sound wave into electrical signals, and outputting the electrical signals. At least one of the vibrating electrode (220) and the fixed electrode (230) is divided into a plurality of divided electrodes, and the plurality of divided electrodes outputting the electrical signals.