Physical quantity sensor, inertia measurement device, vehicle positioning device, electronic apparatus, and vehicle
View Patent ↗A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a first sensor element that is positioned on one main surface of the substrate and includes a first fixed portion fixed to the substrate, a second sensor element that is positioned on the one main surface of the substrate and includes a second fixed portion fixed to the substrate, a first recess portion that is open to the other main surface of the substrate and is disposed so as to overlap the first fixed portion in plan view of the substrate, and a second recess portion that is open to the other main surface of the substrate and is disposed so as to overlap the second fixed portion in plan view of the substrate, and in which the first recess portion and the second recess portion are disposed so as to be separated from each other.
1. A physical quantity sensor comprising:
a substrate having a first major surface and a second and opposite second major surface;
a first sensor element that is positioned on the first major surface of the substrate and includes a first fixed portion fixed to the substrate;
a second sensor element that is positioned on the first major surface of the substrate and includes a second fixed portion fixed to the substrate;
a first recess portion that is provided on the second major surface of the substrate and overlaps the first fixed portion in plan view of the substrate; and
a second recess portion that is provided on the second major surface of the substrate and overlaps the second fixed portion in plan view of the substrate,
wherein the first recess portion and the second recess portion are separated from each other.
2. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ,
wherein in plan view of the substrate,
the first recess portion includes the first sensor element, and
the second recess portion includes the second sensor element.
3. An inertia measurement device comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 2 ; and
a control circuit which controls driving of the physical quantity sensor.
4. An electronic apparatus comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 2 ;
a control circuit; and
a correction circuit.
5. A vehicle comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 2 ; and
an attitude control unit.
6. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first recess portion and the second recess portion is separated from a side surface of the substrate.
7. An inertia measurement device comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 6 ; and
a control circuit which controls driving of the physical quantity sensor.
8. An electronic apparatus comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 6 ;
a control circuit; and
a correction circuit.
9. A vehicle comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 6 ; and
an attitude control unit.
10. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ,
0.1T≤D≤0.2T, wherein a depth of each of the first recess portion and the second recess portion is D and a thickness of the substrate is T.
11. An inertia measurement device comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 10 ; and
a control circuit which controls driving of the physical quantity sensor.
12. An electronic apparatus comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 10 ;
a control circuit; and
a correction circuit.
13. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third sensor element that is positioned on the first major surface of the substrate and includes a third fixed portion fixed to the substrate; and
a third recess portion that is provided on the second major surface of the substrate and overlaps the third fixed portion in plan view of the substrate,
wherein the third recess portion is separated from each of the first recess portion and the second recess portion.
14. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 13 ,
wherein in plan view of the substrate, the third recess portion includes the third sensor element.
15. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 13 ,
wherein the third recess portion is separated from the side surface of the substrate.
16. The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a support substrate that is disposed on the second major surface of the substrate; and
a bonding member that is positioned between the support substrate and the substrate and bonds a main surface on the substrate side of the support substrate and the second major surface of the substrate,
wherein each of the bottom surfaces of the first recess portion and the second recess portion is separated from the support substrate.
17. An inertia measurement device comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ; and
a control circuit which controls driving of the physical quantity sensor.
18. A vehicle positioning device comprising:
the inertia measurement device according to claim 17 ;
a reception unit that receives a satellite signal on which position information is superimposed from a positioning satellite;
an acquisition unit that acquires position information of the reception unit based on the received satellite signal;
a computation unit that computes an attitude of a vehicle based on inertia data output from the inertia measurement device; and
a calculation unit that calculates a position of the vehicle by correcting the position information based on the calculated attitude.
19. An electronic apparatus comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ;
a control circuit; and
a correction circuit.
20. A vehicle comprising:
the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1 ; and
an attitude control unit.