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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/125 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/125 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0831 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0837 (2013.01);
Abstract
Z-axis teeter-totter accelerometers with embedded movable structures are disclosed. The teeter-totter accelerometer may include an embedded mass which pivots or translates out-of-plane from the teeter-totter beam. The pivoting or translating embedded mass may be positioned to increase the sensitivity of the z-axis accelerometer by providing greater z-axis displacement than the teeter-totter beam itself exhibits.