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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Aurelio Pellegrini, Sestola, IT;

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 3/0051 (2013.01); G01P 15/08 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0235 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0242 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0868 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inertial sensor such as a MEMS accelerometer or gyroscope has a proof mass that is driven by a self-test signal, with the response of the proof mass to the self-test signal being used to determine whether the sensor is within specification. The self-test signal is provided as a non-periodic self-test pattern that does not correlate with noise such as environmental vibrations that are also experienced by the proof mass during the self-test procedure. The sense output signal corresponding to the proof mass is correlated with the non-periodic self-test signal, such that an output correlation value corresponds only to the proof mass response to the applied self-test signal.


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