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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Peng Shao, Chandler, AZ (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An angular rate sensor includes four Coriolis masses, configured such that the Coriolis masses move along perpendicular drive and sense axes, and a lever mechanism having first and second sets of levers. The first set of levers is coupled outside a boundary of the Coriolis masses, and the second set of levers is coupled within a boundary of the first set of levers and between the Coriolis masses. The second set of levers is configured to produce an anti-phase drive mode motion of the Coriolis masses along the drive axis. The first set of levers is configured to allow an anti-phase sense mode motion of the Coriolis masses along the sense axis responsive to the angular rate sensor rotating around an input axis that is perpendicular to the drive and sense axes. The first and second sets of levers are configured to constrain an in-phase motion of the Coriolis masses.