CAPACITIVE MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL FORCE SENSOR AND CORRESPONDING FORCE SENSING METHOD
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    发明申请
    CAPACITIVE MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL FORCE SENSOR AND CORRESPONDING FORCE SENSING METHOD 有权
    电容式微机电力传感器及相应的力传感方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150135860A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-21

    申请号:US14539640

    申请日:2014-11-12

    CPC classification number: G01L1/142 G01L1/148

    Abstract: A MEMS force sensor has: a substrate; a fixed electrode coupled to the substrate; and a mobile electrode suspended above the substrate at the fixed electrode to define a sensing capacitor, the mobile electrode being designed to undergo deformation due to application of a force to be detected. A dielectric material region is set on the fixed electrode and spaced apart by an air gap from the mobile electrode, in resting conditions. The mobile electrode comes to bear upon the dielectric material region upon application of a minimum detectable value of the force, so that a contact surface between the mobile electrode and the dielectric material region increases, in particular in a substantially linear way, as the force increases.

    Abstract translation: MEMS力传感器具有:基板; 耦合到所述衬底的固定电极; 以及在所述固定电极处悬置在所述基板上方的移动电极,以限定感测电容器,所述移动电极被设计为由于施加要检测的力而发生变形。 在静止状态下,介电材料区域设置在固定电极上并与气动间隙隔开间隔开。 通过施加力的最小可检测值,移动电极承受电介质材料区域,使得当力增加时,移动电极和电介质材料区域之间的接触表面尤其以基本线性的方式增加 。

    Piezoelectric MEMS actuator for compensating unwanted movements and manufacturing process thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11614634B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16880141

    申请日:2020-05-21

    Abstract: A MEMS actuator includes a monolithic body of semiconductor material, with a supporting portion of semiconductor material, orientable with respect to a first and second rotation axes, transverse to each other. A first frame of semiconductor material is coupled to the supporting portion through first deformable elements configured to control a rotation of the supporting portion about the first rotation axis. A second frame of semiconductor material is coupled to the first frame by second deformable elements, which are coupled between the first and the second frames and configured to control a rotation of the supporting portion about the second rotation axis. The first and second deformable elements carry respective piezoelectric actuation elements.

    Microfluidic MEMS device with piezoelectric actuation and manufacturing process thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11214061B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16885908

    申请日:2020-05-28

    Abstract: The microfluidic device has a plurality of ejector elements. Each ejector element includes a first region, accommodating a first fluid flow channel and an actuator chamber; a second region, accommodating a fluid containment chamber; and a third region, accommodating a second fluid flow channel. The fluid containment chamber is fluidically coupled to the first and to the second fluid flow channels. The second region is formed from a membrane layer, from a membrane definition layer, mechanically coupled to the membrane layer and having a membrane definition opening, and a fluid chamber defining body, mechanically coupled to the membrane definition layer and having a chamber defining opening, with a width greater than the width of the membrane definition opening. The width of the membrane is thus defined by the width of the chamber defining opening.

    Fluid ejection device with piezoelectric actuator and manufacturing process thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10974508B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16392007

    申请日:2019-04-23

    Abstract: A fluid ejection device, comprising: a chamber; a membrane, with a first side and a second side opposite to one another, where the first side faces the chamber; an actuator, of a piezoelectric type, which extends on the second side of the membrane and is operatively coupled to the membrane for causing, in use, a vibration of the membrane; a passivation layer, which extends only alongside, or partially on, the actuator; and a protection layer, which extends on the actuator at least in surface portions of the latter that are free from the passivation layer, and has a Young's modulus lower than the Young's modulus of the passivation layer.

    Microfluidic MEMS device with piezoelectric actuation and manufacturing process thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10703102B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16030630

    申请日:2018-07-09

    Abstract: The microfluidic device has a plurality of ejector elements. Each ejector element includes a first region, accommodating a first fluid flow channel and an actuator chamber; a second region, accommodating a fluid containment chamber; and a third region, accommodating a second fluid flow channel. The fluid containment chamber is fluidically coupled to the first and to the second fluid flow channels. The second region is formed from a membrane layer, from a membrane definition layer, mechanically coupled to the membrane layer and having a membrane definition opening, and a fluid chamber defining body, mechanically coupled to the membrane definition layer and having a chamber defining opening, with a width greater than the width of the membrane definition opening. The width of the membrane is thus defined by the width of the chamber defining opening.

    MEMS device comprising a membrane and an actuator

    公开(公告)号:US10683200B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US16050924

    申请日:2018-07-31

    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a semiconductor support body having a first cavity, a membrane including a peripheral portion, fixed to the support body, and a suspended portion. A first deformable structure is at a distance from a central part of the suspended portion of the membrane and a second deformable structure is laterally offset relative to the first deformable structure towards the peripheral portion of the membrane. A projecting region is fixed under the membrane. The second deformable structure is deformable so as to translate the central part of the suspended portion of the membrane along a first direction, and the first deformable structure is deformable so as to translate the central part of the suspended portion of the membrane along a second direction.

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