IP Library Granted Patent US 8,733,169
Granted Patent B2
US 8,733,169 · App. 13/687,575 · Granted May 27, 2014

Composite sensor and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,733,169
App. No.
13/687,575
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite sensor includes: a package including a container and a lid; a plurality of spaces that is partitioned by at least the container and the lid, and has different pressures, the plurality of the spaces including a first space sealed at around an atmospheric pressure and a second space sealed at a depressurized state; an acceleration sensor element disposed in the first space; and a vibration type angular velocity sensor element disposed in the second space. In the sensor, the first space has a volume smaller than a volume of the second space.

Claims (12)

1. A composite sensor, comprising:

a package including a first space having a first pressure, the package including a second space having a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and the package including a container and a lid;

an acceleration sensor element disposed in the first space; and

a angular velocity sensor element disposed in the second space,

wherein the first space has a volume smaller than a volume of the second space, the first space and the second space is partitioned by the container and the lid, and

wherein the container has a bottom and a side wall that continuously rises from the bottom toward the lid, a first thickness of an outermost area of the side wall is thicker than a second thickness of an innermost area of the side wall, and the lid is placed on a top surface of the innermost area of the side wall.

2. The composite sensor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the container and the lid has a protruded section, the acceleration sensor is disposed overlap the protruded section in planar view.

3. The composite sensor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the container and the lid has a recessed section, the acceleration sensor is disposed within the recessed section.

4. The composite sensor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of a wall forming the first space and a wall forming the second space has a through hole, the through hole is sealed by a sealing member.

5. The composite sensor according to claim 1 , wherein a height of a bottom surface forming the first space and a height of a bottom surface forming the second space are different from each other.

6. The composite sensor according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the container and the lid has a layered structure.

7. An electronic device comprising the composite sensor according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2020
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051707/0399 →