Accelerometer with translational motion of masses

    公开(公告)号:US11892467B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-06

    申请号:US17555002

    申请日:2021-12-17

    CPC classification number: G01P15/125 G01P1/00

    Abstract: A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer is provided, comprising a substrate disposed in a plane defined by a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; a first proof mass and a second proof mass coupled to the substrate and configured to translate in opposite directions of each other along a third axis perpendicular to the first and second axes; and at least one lever coupling the first proof mass to the second proof mass, wherein, the MEMS accelerometer is configured to detect acceleration along the third axis via detection of translation of the first and second proof masses along the third axis; and the MEMS accelerometer exhibits symmetry about the first and second axes.

    Increased sensitivity z-axis accelerometer

    公开(公告)号:US11255873B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-22

    申请号:US16129755

    申请日:2018-09-12

    Abstract: Z-axis teeter-totter accelerometers with embedded movable structures are disclosed. The teeter-totter accelerometer may include an embedded mass which pivots or translates out-of-plane from the teeter-totter beam. The pivoting or translating embedded mass may be positioned to increase the sensitivity of the z-axis accelerometer by providing greater z-axis displacement than the teeter-totter beam itself exhibits.

    COHERENT SUMMATION IN WIRELESS SENSOR PLATFORMS

    公开(公告)号:US20200314607A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16831741

    申请日:2020-03-26

    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a wireless sensor platform. The device that interrogates a wireless sensor node (an interrogator) may be configured to determine the quantity to be measured by extracting information from multiple echoes produced in response to multiple interrogation pulses or produced due to multi-path propagation. Although different echoes may have been transformed to different extents, the echoes may share unique characteristics that are specific to the wireless sensor node that produced them. Accordingly, the SNR may be improved by keeping only portions of the received signal that exhibit such characteristics. The SNR may be further improved by summing the echoes together. In some embodiments, the echoes may be summed together in a coherent fashion, thereby producing an echo having an amplitude greater than the amplitude of each of the received echoes.

    MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) AND RELATED PACKAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20250118715A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-10

    申请号:US18730912

    申请日:2023-01-24

    Abstract: Compact packages including microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices and multiple application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are described. These packages are sufficiently small to be applicable to contexts in which space requirements are particularly strict, such as in consumer electronics. These packages involve vertical die stacks. A first ASIC may be positioned on one side of the die stack and another ASIC may be positioned on the other side of the die stack. A die including a MEMS device (e.g., an accelerometer, gyroscope, switch, resonator, optical device) is positioned between the ASICs. Optionally, an interposer serving as cap substrate for the MEMS device is also positioned between the ASICs. In one example, a package of the types described herein has an extension of 2 mm×2 mm in the planar axes and less than 500-800 μm in height.

    Coherent summation in wireless sensor platforms

    公开(公告)号:US11805396B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-31

    申请号:US16831741

    申请日:2020-03-26

    CPC classification number: H04W4/38 H04W24/02 H04W24/08

    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a wireless sensor platform. The device that interrogates a wireless sensor node (an interrogator) may be configured to determine the quantity to be measured by extracting information from multiple echoes produced in response to multiple interrogation pulses or produced due to multi-path propagation. Although different echoes may have been transformed to different extents, the echoes may share unique characteristics that are specific to the wireless sensor node that produced them. Accordingly, the SNR may be improved by keeping only portions of the received signal that exhibit such characteristics. The SNR may be further improved by summing the echoes together. In some embodiments, the echoes may be summed together in a coherent fashion, thereby producing an echo having an amplitude greater than the amplitude of each of the received echoes.

    Anchor tracking apparatus for in-plane accelerometers and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US10203352B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US15228229

    申请日:2016-08-04

    Abstract: A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer is described. The MEMS accelerometer may comprise a proof mass configured to sense accelerations in a direction parallel the plane of the proof mass, and a plurality of compensation structures. The proof mass may be connected to one or more anchors through springs. The compensation structures may be coupled to the substrate of the MEMS accelerometer through a rigid connection to respective anchors. A compensation structure may comprise at least one compensation electrode forming one or more lateral compensation capacitors. The compensation capacitor(s) may be configured to sense displacement of the anchor to which the compensation structures is connected.

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