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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventors:
Igor P. Prikhodko, Reading, MA (US);
John A. Geen, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Jeffrey A. Gregory, Malden, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5747 (2012.01); G01C 19/5769 (2012.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01); G01C 19/574 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5747 (2013.01); G01C 19/574 (2013.01); G01C 19/5769 (2013.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Micromachined inertial devices are presented having multiple linearly-moving masses coupled together by couplers that move in a linear fashion when the coupled masses exhibit anti-phase motion. The couplers move in opposite directions of each other, such that one coupler on one side of the movable masses moves in a first linear direction and another coupler on the opposite side of the movable masses moves in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction. The couplers ensure proper anti-phase motion of the masses.