Abstract:
A micro-electromechanical device includes a semiconductor body (5), in which at least one first microstructure (2) and one second microstructure (3) of reference are integrated. The first microstructure (2) and the second microstructure (3) are arranged in the body (5) so as to undergo equal strains as a result of thermal expansions of said body (5; 105; 205; 305). Furthermore, the first microstructure (2) is provided with movable parts (6) and fixed parts (7) with respect to the body (5), and the second microstructure (3) has a shape that is substantially symmetrical to the first microstructure (2) and is fixed with respect to the body (5).
Abstract:
Described herein is an integrated microelectromechanical structure (30), provided with: a driving mass (3), anchored to a substrate (2) via elastic anchorage elements (8a, 8b) and moved in a plane (xy) with a driving movement; and a first sensing mass (16a'), suspended inside, and coupled to, the driving mass via elastic supporting elements (20') so as to be fixed with respect to the driving mass (3) in the driving movement and to perform a detection movement of rotation out of the plane (xy) in response to a first angular velocity (Ω x ); the elastic anchorage elements (8a, 8b) and the elastic supporting elements (20') cause the detection movement to be decoupled from the driving movement. The elastic supporting elements are coupled to the first sensing mass (16a') at an end portion (31; 31') thereof, and the axis of rotation of the detection movement extends, within the first sensing mass, only through the aforesaid end portion.
Abstract:
Integrated microelectromechanical structure (30), provided with: a die (2), having a substrate (2) and a frame (2b), defining inside it a detection region (2c) and having a first side extending along a first horizontal axis (x); a driving mass (3), anchored to the substrate (2), set in the detection region (2c), and rotatable in a plane (xy) with an actuation movement about a vertical axis (z); and first and second pairs (16a',16b';16c',16d') of first sensing masses, suspended inside the driving mass (3) via elastic supporting elements (20) so as to perform a detection movement of rotation out of the plane (xy) in response to a first angular velocity (Ω x ); wherein the first sensing masses of the first pair (16a',16b') and the first sensing masses of the second pair (16c',16d') are aligned in respective directions (x 1 , X 2 ), having non zero inclinations of opposite sign with respect to the first horizontal axis (x).