Sensor, sensor system, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025076054-A1
Application number	US-202418732146-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 3, 2024
Priority date	Sep 1, 2023
Publication date	Mar 6, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first member, a first substrate, and a sensor section. A direction from the first member to the first substrate is along a first direction. A first member thickness of the first member is thicker than a first substrate thickness of the first substrate along the first direction. The sensor section is provided between the first member and the first substrate, and is fixed to the first member. The substrate is fixed to the sensor section. The sensor section includes a housing and a sensor element provided in the housing. The sensor element includes a sensor base, a fixed portion fixed to the sensor base, and a movable portion supported by the fixed portion. A direction from the fixed portion to the sensor base is along the first direction. A first gap is provided between the sensor base and the movable portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A sensor, comprising:
a first member; a first substrate, a direction from the first member to the first substrate being along a first direction, a first member thickness of the first member along the first direction being thicker than a first substrate thickness of the first substrate along the first direction; and a sensor section provided between the first member and the first substrate, the sensor section being fixed to the first member, the first substrate being fixed to the sensor section, the sensor section including a housing and a sensor element provided in the housing, the sensor element including a sensor base, a fixed portion fixed to the sensor base, and a movable portion supported by the fixed portion, a direction from the fixed portion to the sensor base being along the first direction, a first gap being provided between the sensor base and the movable portion.

2 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first substrate includes a first face and a second face, the second face is located between the sensor section and the first face in the first direction, the second face faces the sensor section, and the first face faces a detection member to which the first substrate is fixed.

3 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
a density of the first member is higher than a density of the first substrate.

4 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
a mass of the first member is greater than a mass of the movable portion.

5 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the sensor element further includes a connect member, a part of the connect member is supported by the fixed portion, and another part of the connect member supports the movable portion.

6 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
a pressure inside the housing is less than 1 atmosphere.

7 . The sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first fixing member, the first fixing member being provided between the sensor section and the first substrate, and the first fixing member fixing the sensor section to the first substrate.

8 . The sensor according to claim 7 , wherein
the first fixing member includes metal.

9 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable portion is configured to resonate at a first frequency (unit: Hz), a first sound velocity (unit: m/s) of a transverse wave in the first member is a product of the first frequency and a first wavelength (unit: m) of the transverse wave in the first member, and the first member thickness is ¼ times or more the first wavelength.

10 . The sensor according to claim 9 , wherein
the first member thickness is one or more times the first wavelength.

11 . The sensor according to claim 9 , wherein
the first member thickness is 5 times or less of the first wavelength.

12 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first member has a first member length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the housing has a housing length in the second direction, and the first member length is not less than 0.9 times and not more than 5 times the housing length.

13 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable portion is configured to resonate at a first frequency (unit: Hz), the first member has a first member length (unit: m) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a second sound velocity (unit: m/s) of a longitudinal wave in the first member is a product of the first frequency and a second wavelength (unit: m) of the longitudinal wave in the first member, and the first member length is ¼ times or more the second wavelength.

14 . The sensor according to claim 13 , wherein
the first member length is one or more times the second wavelength.

15 . The sensor according to claim 13 , wherein
the first member length is 5 times or less of the second wavelength.

16 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first member includes metal.

17 . The sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first member includes a first partial region and a second partial region, the second partial region is provided between the first partial region and the housing, and a second material of the second partial region is different from a first material of the first partial region.

18 . The sensor according to claim 17 , wherein
a first partial region thickness of the first partial region along the first direction is thicker than a second partial region thickness of the second partial region along the first direction.

19 . A sensor system, comprising:
the sensor according to claim 2 ; and the detection member.

20 . An electronic device, comprising:
the sensor according to claim 1 ; and a circuit controller configured to control a circuit based on a signal obtained from the sensor.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Miyazaki Fumito
• Murase Hideaki
• Masunishi Kei
• Tomizawa Yasushi
• Ono Daiki
• Uchida Kengo
• Ogawa Etsuji
• Ogawa Jumpei
• ISHIBASHI Fumitaka

Classifications

• G01C19/5783 Primary

  Mountings or housings not specific to any of the devices covered by groups G01C19/5607 - G01C19/5719 · CPC title