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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Hanno Hammer, Graz/Lebring, AT;
Hanno Hammer, Graz/Lebring, AT;
Maxim Integrated Products GmbH, Planegg, DE;
Abstract
A micromechanical rate-of-rotation sensor for detecting a rate of rotation about a sense axis includes a substrate, a detection unit, means for generating a rotational oscillation of the detection unit about a drive axis which is orthogonal to the sense axis, and a central suspension means rotatably coupling the detection unit to the substrate in a fulcrum of the detection unit. The central suspension means is configured to permit the detection unit to perform a detection movement about a detection axis orthogonal to the sense axis in the form of a rotational oscillation about the central suspension means. The sensor also includes at least two second suspension means coupling the detection unit and the substrate for providing a response behavior specific to rotation about at least one of the drive axis and the detection axis.