IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,775,197
Granted Patent B2
US 10,775,197 · App. 16/119,373 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Sensor

Inventors: Yoshihiko Fuji (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Keiju Yamada (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP); Kei Masunishi (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Michiko Hara (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP); Yoshihiro Higashi (Komatsu Ishikawa, JP); Kazuaki Oakamoto (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP); Shiori Kaji (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
G01D5/16G01D5/485
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Patent No.
US 10,775,197
App. No.
16/119,373
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a sensing element portion and a first magnetic portion. The sensing element portion includes a supporter, a deformable film portion supported by the supporter, and a first element including a magnetic layer and being provided at the film portion. The first magnetic portion is separated from the sensing element portion. The first magnetic portion includes a plurality of first holes. A width of one of the plurality of first holes along a second direction is narrower than a length of the sensing element portion along the second direction and wider than a length of the first element along the second direction. The second direction crosses a first direction from the film portion toward the first element.

Claims (75)

1. A sensor, comprising:

a sensing element portion, including

a supporter,

a film portion supported by the supporter, the film portion being deformable, and

a first element including a magnetic layer and being provided at the film portion; and

a first magnetic portion separated from the sensing element portion,

the first magnetic portion including a plurality of first holes,

a width of one of the plurality of first holes along a second direction being narrower than a length of the sensing element portion along the second direction and wider than a length of the first element along the second direction, the second direction crossing a first direction from the film portion toward the first element.

2. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the width is narrower than a length of the film portion along the second direction.

3. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the plurality of first holes overlaps the sensing element portion in the first direction.

4. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

the first magnetic portion includes a region between the plurality of first holes, and

the region overlaps the sensing element portion in the first direction.

5. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein an aperture ratio of the plurality of first holes in the first magnetic portion is 30% or more.

6. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the width is 0.3 mm or less.

7. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first holes is arranged in a hexagonal configuration.

8. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic portion includes Ni and Fe.

9. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

the first magnetic portion includes:

a first partial region; and

a second partial region,

at least a portion of the first partial region overlaps the sensing element portion in the first direction, and

a thickness along the first direction of the first partial region is thinner than a thickness along the first direction of the second partial region.

10. The sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising a second magnetic portion including a plurality of second holes,

the first magnetic portion being provided between the second magnetic portion and the sensing element portion in the first direction,

the first magnetic portion being separated from the second magnetic portion.

11. The sensor according to claim 10 , wherein the first hole does not overlap the second hole in the first direction.

12. The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness along the first direction of the first magnetic portion is not less than 0.05 mm and not more than 0.3 mm.

13. The sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising a third magnetic portion,

a direction from the sensing element portion toward the third magnetic portion being aligned with a direction crossing the first direction.

14. The sensor according to claim 13 , wherein the sensing element portion is provided between a plurality of regions of the third magnetic portion in the crossing direction.

15. The sensor according to claim 13 , wherein a thickness of the first magnetic portion along the first direction is thinner than a length of the third magnetic portion along the crossing direction.

16. A sensor, comprising:

a sensing element portion including

a supporter,

a film portion supported by the supporter, the film portion being deformable, and

a first element including a magnetic layer and being provided at the film portion; and

a first magnetic portion separated from the sensing element portion,

the first magnetic portion having a first surface and a second surface crossing a first direction, the first direction being from the film portion toward the first element, the first surface being between the second surface and the sensing element portion,

the first magnetic portion including a plurality of first holes,

a first width of one of the plurality of first holes at the first surface being different from a second width of the one of the plurality of first holes at the second surface.

17. A sensor, comprising:

a sensing element portion including

a supporter,

a film portion supported by the supporter, the film portion being deformable, and

a first element including a magnetic layer and being provided at the film portion; and

a first magnetic portion separated from the sensing element portion,

the first magnetic portion having a first surface and a second surface crossing a first direction, the first direction being from the film portion toward the first element, the first surface being between the second surface and the sensing element portion,

the first magnetic portion including a plurality of first holes,

one of the plurality of first holes having

a first width at the first surface,

a second width at the second surface, and

a third width at a position between the first surface and the second surface,

the third width being narrower than the first width and narrower than the second width.

18. A sensor, comprising:

a sensing element portion including

a supporter,

a film portion supported by the supporter, the film portion being deformable, and

a first element including a magnetic layer and being provided at the film portion; and

a first magnetic portion separated from the sensing element portion,

the first magnetic portion including a plurality of first holes,

an extension direction of one of the plurality of first holes being tilted with respect to a first direction, the first direction being from the film portion toward the first element.

19. The sensor according to claim 18 , wherein

the first magnetic portion has a first surface and a second surface,

the first surface is between the second surface and the sensing element portion in the first direction, and

a first opening at the first surface of the one of the plurality of first holes does not overlap, in the first direction, a second opening at the second surface of the one of the plurality of first holes.

20. A sensor, comprising:

a sensing element portion including

a supporter,

a film portion supported by the supporter, the film portion being deformable, and

a first element including a magnetic layer and being provided at the film portion;

a first magnetic portion separated from the sensing element portion; and

a second magnetic portion, the first magnetic portion being separated from the second magnetic portion and provided between the second magnetic portion and the sensing element portion in a first direction, the first direction being from the film portion toward the first element,

the first magnetic portion including one or a plurality of first holes,

the second magnetic portion including one or a plurality of second holes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2018
From: FUJI, YOSHIHIKO; YAMADA, KEIJU; MASUNISHI, KEI; HARA, MICHIKO; HIGASHI, YOSHIHIRO; OKAMOTO, KAZUAKI; KAJI, SHIORI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047306/0183 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2018-047113 · Mar 14, 2018 · national
JP 2018-154093 · Aug 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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