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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:
Aug. 30, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Invensense, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Seeger, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Pradeep Shettigar, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

INVENSENSE, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); G01P 15/125 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 1/006 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/125 (2013.01); H03F 3/45 (2013.01); H03F 2200/48 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45156 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45546 (2013.01);
Abstract

Reducing a sensitivity of an electromechanical sensor is presented herein. The electromechanical sensor comprises a sensitivity with respect to a variation of a mechanical-to-electrical gain of a sense element of the electromechanical sensor; and a voltage-to-voltage converter component that minimizes the sensitivity by coupling, via a defined feedback capacitance, a positive feedback voltage to a sense electrode of the sense element—the sense element electrically coupled to an input of the voltage-to-voltage converter component. In one example, the voltage-to-voltage converter component minimizes the sensitivity by maintaining, via the defined feedback capacitance, a constant charge at the sense electrode. In another example, the electromechanical sensor comprises a capacitive sense element comprising a first node comprising the sense electrode. Further, a bias voltage component can apply a bias voltage to a second node of the electromechanical sensor. In yet another example, the electromechanical sensor comprises a piezoelectric sense element.


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