IP Library Granted Patent US 11,085,947
Granted Patent B2
US 11,085,947 · App. 16/542,568 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Inertial sensor, sensor device, electronic device, and vehicle

Inventor: Kazuyuki Nagata (Minowa-machi, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G01P15/125G05D1/027G01P2015/0831G05D2201/0213
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Patent No.
US 11,085,947
App. No.
16/542,568
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A physical quantity sensor includes: a substrate; a movable object disposed displaceably with respect to the substrate; an electrode provided at a position facing the movable object on the substrate; an anchor portion fixing the movable object to the substrate; and a beam that is a rotation shaft of the movable object and connects the anchor portion and the movable object to each other, in which the movable object includes a first mass portion provided at one side of the beam, and a second mass portion provided at the other side of the beam, a first spring provided between the first mass portion and the beam, and a second spring provided between the second mass portion and the beam.

Claims (52)

1. A physical quantity sensor comprising:

a substrate;

a movable object disposed displaceably with respect to the substrate;

an electrode provided at a position facing the movable object on the substrate;

an anchor portion fixing the movable object to the substrate; and

a beam that is a rotation shaft of the movable object and connects the anchor portion and the movable object to each other, wherein

the movable object includes:

a first mass portion provided at one side of the beam, and a second mass portion provided at the other side of the beam,

a first spring provided between the first mass portion and the beam,

a second spring provided between the second mass portion and the beam,

a second beam is fixed to the substrate and connected to the first mass portion,

a third beam is fixed to the substrate and connected to the second mass portion,

a frame portion is positioned at an outer periphery of the movable object and provided with a gap from the movable object,

the second beam connecting the frame portion and the first mass portion to each other, and

the third beam connecting the frame portion and the second mass portion to each other.

2. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

a mass of the second mass portion is larger than a mass of the first mass portion.

3. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrode includes a first electrode facing the first mass portion and a second electrode facing the second mass portion.

4. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 , wherein

the first spring and the beam are connected to each other by a first connecting portion,

the second spring and the beam are connected to each other by a second connecting portion, and

rigidity of the beam is lower than rigidity of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.

5. A sensor device comprising:

the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ; and

an electronic component electrically coupled to a physical quantity sensor.

6. An electronic device comprising:

the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ; and

a control unit that performs a control based on a detection signal output from a physical quantity sensor.

7. A vehicle comprising:

the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ; and

a control unit that performs a control based on a detection signal output from a physical quantity sensor.

8. A physical quantity sensor comprising:

a substrate;

a movable object disposed displaceably with respect to the substrate;

an electrode provided at a position facing the movable object on the substrate;

an anchor portion fixing the movable object to the substrate; and

a beam that is a rotation shaft of the movable object and connects the anchor portion and the movable object to each other, wherein

the movable object includes

a first mass portion provided at one side of the beam, and a second mass portion provided at the other side of the beam,

a first spring provided between the first mass portion and the beam,

a second spring provided between the second mass portion and the beam,

the first spring and the beam are connected to each other by a first connecting portion, the second spring and the beam are connected to each other by a second connecting portion, and rigidity of the beam is lower than rigidity of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.

9. A sensor device comprising:

the physical quantity sensor according to claim 8 ; and

an electronic component electrically coupled to a physical quantity sensor.

10. An electronic device comprising:

the physical quantity sensor according to claim 8 ; and

a control unit that performs a control based on a detection signal output from a physical quantity sensor.

11. A vehicle comprising:

the physical quantity sensor according to claim 8 ; and

a control unit that performs a control based on a detection signal output from a physical quantity sensor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 1, 2024
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: CRYSTAL LEAP ZRT
Reel/Frame 066162/0434 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2019
From: NAGATA, KAZUYUKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050072/0060 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-154485 · Aug 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200064368A1 · Feb 27, 2020
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