Abstract:
A MEMS device including: a fixed structure (10); a mobile structure (12), which comprises a reflecting element (90); a first deformable structure (22) and a second deformable structure (24), which are arranged between the fixed structure and the mobile structure. Each one of the first and second deformable structures comprises a respective number of main piezoelectric elements (40). The main piezoelectric elements (40', 40") of the first and second deformable structures can be electrically controlled for causing oscillations of the mobile structure about a first axis (A 1 ) and a second axis (A 2 ), respectively. The first deformable structure further comprises a respective number of secondary piezoelectric elements (42'), which can be electrically controlled so as to vary a first resonance frequency of the mobile structure about the first axis.
Abstract:
The micro-electro-mechanical device (20) is formed in a first wafer (40) overlying and bonded to a second wafer (70). A fixed part (91), a movable part (92), and elastic elements, elastically coupling the movable part and the fixed part, are formed in the first wafer. The movable part carries actuation elements (60) configured to control a relative movement, such as a rotation, of the movable part with respect to the fixed part. The second wafer is bonded to the first wafer through projections (66) of the first wafer, formed by selectively removing part of a semiconductor layer (43). The composite wafer formed by the first and second wafers is cut to form a plurality of MEMS devices.
Abstract:
An oscillating structure (30) with piezoelectric actuation, comprising: a first torsional elastic element (56) and a second torsional elastic element (58) constrained to respective portions of a fixed supporting body (40) and defining an axis of rotation (O); a mobile element (55, 57, 60) set between, and connected to, the first and second torsional elastic elements (56, 58), the mobile element being rotatable about the axis of rotation (O) as a consequence of a torsion of the first and second deformable elements; and a first control region (66), which is coupled to the mobile element (55, 57, 60) and houses a first piezoelectric actuator (70) configured to cause, in use, a local deformation of the first control region (66) that generates a torsion of the first and second torsional elastic elements (56, 58).
Abstract:
Micro-electro-mechanical mirror device (1) having a fixed structure (2) defining an external frame (2') which delimits a cavity (3); a tiltable structure (4) extending into the cavity; a reflecting surface (4') carried by the tiltable structure and having a main extension in a horizontal plane (XY); an actuation structure (10), coupled between the tiltable structure (4) and the fixed structure (2). The actuation structure (10) is formed by at least one first pair of actuation arms (12A, 12B) configured to cause the rotation of the tiltable structure (2) around a first rotation axis (SA) parallel to the horizontal plane (XY). The actuation arms of the first pair of actuation arms (12A, 12B) are elastically coupled to the tiltable structure (4) through respective coupling elastic elements (14A, 14B) and are each formed by a bearing structure (15) and by a piezoelectric structure (13). The bearing structure (15) of each actuation arm of the first pair of actuation arms (12A, 12B) is formed by a soft region (56) of a first material and the coupling elastic elements (14A, 14B) are formed by a bearing layer (103) of a second material, the second material having greater stiffness than the first material.
Abstract:
A microelectromechanical device (10) has: a fixed structure (14) having a frame (14') defining a cavity (13); a tiltable structure (12) elastically suspended above the cavity with main extension in a horizontal plane (xy); a piezoelectrically driven actuation structure (22), which can be biased to cause a desired rotation of the tiltable structure about a first rotation axis (Al) and a second rotation axis (A2); and a supporting structure (15) integral with the fixed structure and extending in the cavity starting from the frame. Lever elements (16) are elastically coupled to the tiltable structure at a first end by respective elastic suspension elements (18) and to the supporting structure at a second end by elastic connecting elements (20), of a torsional type, which define a lever rotation axis (L); the lever elements are elastically coupled to the actuation structure so that their biasing causes, as a result of their rotation about the lever rotation axis, the desired rotation of the tiltable structure about the first and second rotation axes.
Abstract:
A MEMS device (20) formed in a die of semiconductor material (24) defining a cavity (23) and having an anchorage portion (24'); a tiltable structure (22) elastically suspended over the cavity (23) and having a main extension in a horizontal plane (XY); a first and a second supporting arm (25A, 25B), extending between the anchorage portion and opposite sides of the tiltable structure; and a first and a second resonant piezoelectric actuation structure (30A1, 30A2), intended to be biased and cause rotation of the tiltable structure (22) about a rotation axis (A). The first supporting arm is formed by a first and a second torsion spring (27A, 28A), which are rigid to movements out of the horizontal plane (XY) and compliant to torsion about the rotation axis and are coupled together at a constraint region (29A). The first and the second resonant piezoelectric actuation structures (38A1, 38A2) extend between the anchorage portion and the constraint region (29A), on a first and a second side, respectively, of the first supporting arm (25A).
Abstract:
A microelectromechanical structure (10) has: a body of semiconductor material having a fixed frame (11) internally defining a cavity (12); a mobile mass (14) elastically suspended in the cavity and movable with a first resonant movement of rotation about a first rotation axis (R1) and with a second resonant movement of rotation about a second rotation axis (R2), orthogonal to the first rotation axis (R1); a first (16a, 16b) and a second pair (16c, 16d) of supporting elements, which extend in a cantilever fashion in the cavity, are rigidly coupled to the frame, and can be deformed by piezoelectric effect to cause rotation of the mobile mass about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis; and a first (30a, 30b) and a second (30c, 30d) pair of elastic-coupling elements, elastically coupled between the mobile mass and the first and the second pairs of supporting elements; the first and second movements of rotation of the mobile mass are decoupled from one another and do not interfere with one another due to the elastic-coupling elements of the first and the second pairs.
Abstract:
Oscillating structure (10; 30) including first and second torsional elastic elements (12b, 12c) defining an axis of rotation (O), and a moving element (12a) interposed between the first and second torsional elastic elements (12b, 12c), the moving element being rotary about an axis of rotation (O) as a result of a twisting of the first and second torsional elastic elements. The moving element (12a), the first torsional elastic element (12b) and the second torsional elastic element (12c) lie in a first plane and are not in direct contact with one another. The moving element (12a), the first torsional elastic element (12b) and the second torsional elastic element (12c) are mechanically coupled together using the coupling structure (20; 32) and lie in a second plane different to the first plane.
Abstract:
A microelectromechanical mirror device (1) is provided with: a fixed structure (4) defining a cavity (3); a tiltable structure (2) carrying a reflecting surface (2'), elastically suspended above the cavity and having a main extension in a horizontal plane (xy); a first pair of driving arms (12a, 12b), carrying respective piezoelectric material regions (13) designed to be biased to cause a rotation of the tiltable structure around at least one first rotation axis (X) parallel to a first horizontal axis (x) of the horizontal plane, elastically coupled to the tiltable structure; and elastic suspension elements (6a, 6b), which couple the tiltable structure to the fixed structure at the first rotation axis, stiff with respect to movements out of the horizontal plane and yielding with respect to torsion around the first rotation axis, extending between the tiltable structure and the fixed structure. The elastic suspension elements comprise a first and a second elastic suspension element, wherein a first torsional stiffness of the first elastic suspension element is different from a second torsional stiffness of the second elastic suspension element.
Abstract:
An electronic module (2; 40; 50; 60), comprising: a substrate (2a); a covering structure (2b), coupled to the substrate to form a chamber (4). The chamber houses: an emitter (12) adapted to emit a radiation (18); a resonant reflector (10); a detector (22); and a fixed reflector (16). First and second windows (20, 26) extend through the covering structure (2b). The emitter (12), the first reflector (10) and the second reflector (16) are reciprocally arranged such that the emitted radiation generated by the emitter is received by the fixed reflector (16), is reflected towards the MEMS reflector (10), and then is reflected towards the first window, to form an output of the electronic module. The detector (22) and the second window (26) are reciprocally arranged such that an incoming radiation (24) passing through the second window (26) is received by the detector. The electronic module can be used for 3D sensing application.