Micro-electro-mechanical system and electro-acoustic conversion device having the micro-electro-mechanical system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12384672-B2
Application number	US-202117561736-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2021
Priority date	Dec 24, 2021
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a micro-electro-mechanical system and an electro-acoustic conversion device having the micro-electro-mechanical system. The micro-electro-mechanical system includes: first and second membranes arranged opposite to each other; support members arranged between the first and second membranes; and an opening provided on the first and/or second membranes. Each support member includes support walls, and opposite ends of each of the support walls are connected to the first and second membranes. The first and second membranes, and two adjacent support walls in one support member are enclosed to form a first chamber. The opening is configured to link the first chamber with the outside. By arranging a supporting member composed of support walls and providing an opening on the first and/or second membranes, the compliance of the first or second membrane is increased, and the inter-plate capacitance therebetween is reduced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A micro-electro-mechanical system, comprising:
a first membrane;
a second membrane arranged opposite to the first membrane;
a plurality of support members arranged between the first membrane and the second membrane, wherein each support member of the plurality of support members comprises a plurality of support walls, and opposite ends of each of the plurality of support walls are respectively connected to the first membrane and the second membrane; the first membrane, the second membrane, and two adjacent support walls in one support member are enclosed to form a first chamber; and
an opening provided on the first membrane, wherein the opening is configured to link the first chamber with the outside;
wherein the first membrane includes a plurality of first protrusions and a plurality of first recesses alternately arranged along a second direction, and the second membrane comprises a plurality of second recesses and a plurality of second protrusions alternately arranged in the second direction, each of the plurality of first protrusions is opposite to one of the plurality of second protrusions, one first protrusion, one second protrusion and corresponding two adjacent support walls together form a second chamber, a counter electrode is arranged in the second chamber and not in the first chamber, each two support members are sandwiched between one first recess and the corresponding one second recess, and the first chamber is formed by the adjacent two support members, the first recess, and the corresponding second recess.

2. The micro-electro-mechanical system as described in claim 1 , wherein the opening comprises a slit-shaped hole structure, a circular hole structure, an approximate rectangular hole structure, a Chevron hole structure, or an S-shaped hole structure.

3. The micro-electro-mechanical system as described in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of support members is provided with a plurality of openings, and the plurality of the openings are arranged at intervals along a first direction.

4. The micro-electro-mechanical system as described in claim 1 , wherein the opening penetrates through the first membrane, and a partial area in the first chamber has a filler material.

5. The micro-electro-mechanical system as described in claim 4 , wherein the filler material comprises silicon oxide.

6. The micro-electro-mechanical system as described in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of support members comprises a plurality of first chambers, and among two adjacent first chambers of the plurality of first chambers, the opening of one of the two adjacent first chambers is provided on the first membrane, and the opening of the other one of the two adjacent first chambers is provided on the second membrane.

7. The micro-electro-mechanical system as described in claim 1 , wherein the support wall is made of polysilicon or silicon nitride.

8. The micro-electro-mechanical system as described in claim 1 , wherein an opening is provided on the second membrane, the opening is configured to link the first chamber with the outside.

Assignees

• Aac Acoustic Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Patel Anup Hasmukh
• Boyd Euan James
• Cargill Scott Lyall

Classifications

• B81B2203/0127

  Diaphragms, i.e. structures separating two media that can control the passage from one medium to another; Membranes, i.e. diaphragms with filtering function · CPC title

• B81B2201/0257

  Microphones or microspeakers · CPC title

• B81B3/0078

  Constitution or structural means for improving mechanical properties not provided for in B81B3/007 - B81B3/0075 · CPC title

• B81B3/0086

  Electrical characteristics, e.g. reducing driving voltage, improving resistance to peak voltage · CPC title

• B81B2201/0264

  Pressure sensors · CPC title