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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Cenk Acar, Newport Coast, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01C 19/5733 (2012.01); G01P 15/125 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/5733 (2013.01); G01P 15/125 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01P 2015/082 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0811 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0848 (2013.01);
Abstract

This document discusses among other things apparatus and methods for a proof mass including split z-axis portions. An example proof mass can include a center portion configured to anchor the proof-mass to an adjacent layer, a first z-axis portion configure to rotate about a first axis using a first hinge, the first axis parallel to an x-y plane orthogonal to a z-axis, a second z-axis portion configure to rotate about a second axis using a second hinge, the second axis parallel to the x-y plane, wherein the first z-axis portion is configured to rotate independent of the second z-axis portion.


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