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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Inventors:

Alessandro Tocchio, Milan, IT;

Francesco Rizzini, Cornaredo, IT;

Luca Guerinoni, Premolo, IT;

Assignee:

STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/00 (2006.01); G01P 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/125 (2006.01); G01C 19/5755 (2012.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/125 (2013.01); B81B 3/0072 (2013.01); G01C 19/5755 (2013.01); G01P 1/00 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0814 (2013.01);
Abstract

A MEMS sensor device provided with a sensing structure, having: a substrate with a top surface extending in a horizontal plane; an inertial mass, suspended over the substrate; elastic coupling elements, elastically connected to the inertial mass so as to enable inertial movement thereof with respect to the substrate as a function of a quantity to be detected along a sensing axis belonging to the horizontal plane; and sensing electrodes, capacitively coupled to the inertial mass so as to form at least one sensing capacitor, a value of capacitance of which is indicative of the quantity to be detected. The sensing structure moreover has a suspension structure, to which the sensing electrodes are rigidly coupled, and to which the inertial mass is elastically coupled through the elastic coupling elements; the suspension structure is connected to an anchorage structure, fixed with respect to the substrate, by means of elastic suspension elements.


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