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Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);

Inventors:

Milad Alwardi, Allen, TX (US);

Deyou Fang, Frisco, TX (US);

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/125 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01D 5/241 (2006.01); G01C 19/5776 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/125 (2013.01); G01C 19/5776 (2013.01); G01D 5/2417 (2013.01); G01R 27/2605 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a device including a MEMS sensor configured to generate a first differential capacitance representing a change in capacitance from a first original sensing capacitance value and a second differential capacitance representing a change in capacitance from a second original sensing capacitance value, with the first and second original sensing capacitance values being mismatched. A compensation circuit is configured to generate outputs for compensating the first and second differential capacitances for the mismatch. A capacitance to voltage converter receives the first and second differential capacitances and the outputs of the compensation circuit as input and generates an output voltage as a function thereof.


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