Accelerometer having a differential capacitance between detecting plates and detecting electrodes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12584939-B2
Application number	US-202318399706-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2023
Priority date	Apr 11, 2023
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

The present invention relates to an accelerometer, which comprises a substrate and detecting devices. The substrate is provided with supporting anchor points and electrode fixing anchor points; the detecting device comprises two detecting plates and corresponding detecting electrodes, and the detecting electrodes are connected to the electrode fixing anchor points through connecting arms; the detecting plate is elastically connected to the supporting anchor point, the two detecting plates are asymmetrically arranged with respect to axes of the supporting anchor points, and the two detecting plates are parallel to each other and in opposite directions; and the detecting electrodes and the detecting plates are arranged at intervals to form a detecting capacitor. The wiring of in-plane detecting electrodes of different detecting devices can be separated, and wire crossing can be avoided to reduce the influence of parasitic capacitance caused by complex wiring, thus improving the detection accuracy of the accelerometer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An accelerometer, comprising:
a substrate provided with a plurality of anchor points, the anchor points at least comprising supporting anchor points and electrode fixing anchor points which are arranged adjacently; and detecting devices, each comprising two detecting plates and corresponding detecting electrodes, the detecting electrodes being connected to the electrode fixing anchor points through connecting arms, and the corresponding detecting plate being elastically connected to the supporting anchor point adjacent to the electrode fixing anchor points, to reduce the influence of deformation of the substrate on a relative distance between the detecting plate and the detecting electrode; the two detecting plates being asymmetrically arranged with respect to axes of the supporting anchor points to which the detecting plates are connected, and structurally asymmetric parts of the two detecting plates being parallel to each other and in opposite directions; the two detecting plates being used for accessing carrier driving signals with opposite phases and forming a differential driving detection structure, the detecting electrodes and the detecting plates being arranged at intervals to form a detecting capacitor, and the detecting electrodes comprising in-plane detecting electrodes and out-of-plane detecting electrodes; wherein the accelerometer is provided with two said detecting devices, the two detecting devices are located in a same plane, the detecting plates in the two detecting devices are perpendicular to each other, and the two detecting plates in the same detecting device are adjacently arranged; when the accelerometer is used for detection, the two detecting plates in the same detecting device generate opposite changes in distance with respect to the detecting electrodes respectively; and the accelerometer obtains a detection result by analyzing a change of differential capacitance between the detecting plates and the detecting electrodes.

2 . The accelerometer according to claim 1 , wherein two ends of the two detecting plates of the same detecting device are respectively aligned.

3 . The accelerometer according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting plate comprises a hollow mounting area, the in-plane detecting electrode is located in the mounting area to form an in-plane detecting capacitor together with the detecting plate, the accelerometer further comprises an upper cover which covers the substrate, and the out-of-plane detecting electrode is arranged on the substrate or the upper cover, spaced apart from the detecting plate, to form an out-of-plane detecting capacitor together with the detecting plate.

4 . The accelerometer according to claim 3 , wherein the detecting plate has a plurality of detecting parts inside the mounting area, the plurality of detecting parts are arranged at intervals in an axial direction of the supporting anchor point, the in-plane detecting electrode has a plurality of fitting parts arranged at intervals, and the detecting parts and the fitting parts cooperate with each other to form an in-plane detecting capacitor.

5 . The accelerometer according to claim 3 , wherein the detecting electrodes comprise a plurality of out-of-plane detecting electrodes, and the plurality of out-of-plane detecting electrodes corresponding to the same detecting plate are arranged on two sides of the axis of the supporting anchor point.

6 . The accelerometer according to claim 3 , wherein the in-plane detecting electrodes located in different detecting plates in the same detecting device are connected to each other.

7 . The accelerometer according to claim 3 , wherein each detecting plate comprises two in-plane detecting electrodes, the connecting arms and the electrode fixing anchor points are located in the mounting area, the two in-plane detecting electrodes are connected with the two electrode fixing anchor points through the connecting arms respectively, and the two in-plane detecting electrodes are symmetrically arranged and spaced in an axial direction of the supporting anchor point.

8 . The accelerometer according to claim 7 , wherein the two electrode fixing anchor points connected to the in-plane detecting electrodes are located on a same side of the axis of the supporting anchor point connected to the detecting plate.

Assignees

• Aac Kaitai Tech Wuhan Co Ltd
• Aac Kaital Tech Wuhan Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yan Shitao
• Kan Xiao
• Ma Zhao
• Zhan Zhan
• Yang Shan
• Li Yang
• Tan Veronica
• Lai Kahkeen
• Peng Hongtao
• Chong Houming
• Pua Zaixiang

Classifications

• G01P15/18

  in two or more dimensions · CPC title

• G01P15/125 Primary

  by capacitive pick-up · CPC title