Fujitsu Corporation

Fujitsu Media Devices Limited

Kenji Nagata

Hiroshi Ishikawa

Hiroshi Tokunaga

Hiroshi Tanaka

Tsutomu Miyashita

Yoshitaka Nakamura

Masaaki Ono

Sumio Yamada

Toshio Hanazawa

Atsushi Machida

Hisanori Aizawa

An acceleration sensor that suppresses fluctuations in the offset voltage and with an enhanced temperature characteristic is provided. The acceleration sensor comprises an weight that is formed in the center of a semiconductor substrate; a frame that is formed at the circumference of the weight; a beam or diaphragm that connects the weight and frame; a detection element that is formed on the beam or diaphragm and which detects bending of the beam or diaphragm that corresponds with the applied acceleration; and a lead that is formed on the beam or diaphragm and which guides the detection output of the detection element to a pad that is provided on the frame, wherein a dummy lead comprising a plurality of dot patterns which are at least electrically independent of the lead formed on the beam or diaphragm is formed on the beam or diaphragm.

Acceleration sensor

An inertial sensor such as an acceleration sensor or gyro can have superior impact resistance by regulating displacement of a weight portion in the direction of an upper limit. The sensor includes a sensor portion that has a fixing part, a weight portion the height of which is a predetermined size shorter than that of the fixing part, and a beam portion that links the weight portion and the fixing part; a plate-like first stopper portion that covers the weight portion and is bonded to the fixing part with clearance of a predetermined size from the weight portion; and a flat, plate-like second stopper portion that is connected to the fixing part via a bump of a predetermined height on the side opposite the first stopper portion.

Inertial sensor

An inertial sensor includes a sensing portion having a weight supported by beams, the weight being a movable portion, and a weight stopper that limits a movable range of the weight, the weight stopper being arranged in a vicinity of the weight with a given clearance and being a part of a substrate for the inertial sensor processed with MEMS techniques.

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Kenji Nagata