IP Library Granted Patent US 8,413,511
Granted Patent B2
US 8,413,511 · App. 13/015,987 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Accelerometer

Inventors: Zhou Ge (Shenzhen, CN); Bin Yang (Shenzhen, CN); Zheng-Kui Meng (Shenzhen, CN); Yi-Lin Yan (Shenzhen, CN); Rui Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; American Audio Components Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,413,511
App. No.
13/015,987
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A accelerometer includes a substrate define a stationary electrode thereon, a first moveable mass defining a conductive-layer thereon facing the stationary electrode, a plurality of first elastic elements coupled with a peripheral side of the first moveable mass, a first fixed element surrounding the first moveable mass and fixedly attached to the substrate, a plurality of first fixed electrodes extending outwardly from the first fixed element, a second moveable mass surrounding the first fixed electrodes, a plurality of first moveable electrodes extending inwardly from the second moveable mass toward the first fixed element and parallel to the first fixed electrodes, respectively, a plurality of second elastic elements coupled with a peripheral side of the second moveable mass, and a second fixed element surrounding the second moveable mass and fixedly attached to the substrate.

Claims (21)

1. An accelerometer comprising:

a substrate define a stationary electrode thereon,

a first moveable mass defining a conductive-layer thereon facing the stationary electrode;

a plurality of first elastic elements coupled with a peripheral side of the first moveable mass;

a first fixed element surrounding the first moveable mass, coupled with the first elastic elements and fixedly attached to the substrate;

a plurality of first fixed electrodes extending outwardly from the first fixed element;

a second moveable mass surrounding the first fixed electrodes;

a plurality of first moveable electrodes extending inwardly from the second moveable mass toward the first fixed element and parallel to the first fixed electrodes, respectively;

a plurality of second elastic elements coupled with a peripheral side of the second moveable mass;

and a second fixed element surrounding the second moveable mass, coupled with the second elastic element and fixedly attached to the substrate.

2. The accelerometer as described in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of holes is defined on the first moveable mass or the second moveable mass.

3. The accelerometer as described in claim 1 , wherein outlines of the first moveable mass, the first fixed element, the second moveable mass and the second fixed element are configured as squares.

4. A tri-axis accelerometer, comprising:

a substrate supporting a first frame, and including a first conductive-layer thereon;

a first moveable mass connected to the first frame by a plurality of first elastic members and being capable of moving along both directions parallel to the substrate;

a plurality of first moveable electrodes extending from an inner side of the first moveable mass;

a second frame surrounded by the first moveable electrodes, the second frame defining a plurality of first fixed electrodes extending from an outer side of the second frame toward the first moveable mass;

each of the first fixed electrode being located between two adjacent first moveable electrodes, and each of the first moveable electrodes being located between two adjacent fixed electrodes;

a second moveable mass surrounded by the second frame and connected to the second frame by a plurality of second elastic members, the second moveable mass being capable of moving a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the second moveable mass defining a second conductive-layer facing the first conductive-layer on the substrate; wherein

the first fixed electrodes and the first moveable electrodes form a comb capacitor having variable capacitance according to variable overlapped area therebetween; and

the first conductive-layer and the second conductive-layer form a plate capacitor having variable capacitance according to variable distance therebetween.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2017
From: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
To: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 042319/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2011
From: GE, ZHOU; YANG, BIN; MENG, ZHENG-KUI; YAN, YI-LIN; ZHANG, RUI
To: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 025713/0836 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2010 1 0193758 · Jun 7, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110296916A1 · Dec 8, 2011