MEMS vibrating-beam accelerometer with piezoelectric drive

Strehlow, John; MacGugan, Doug

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Title: MEMS vibrating-beam accelerometer with piezoelectric drive

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A high-temperature drive component for a double-ended tuning fork (DETF). The drive component attaches to a surface of at least one of the tines. The drive component includes at least one piezoelectric trace sandwiched at least partially between two electrical traces. At least one of the tines includes a doped silicon base with drive component located thereon. One of the electrical traces is electrically connected to the doped silicon base and the other is electrically isolated from the doped silicon base.

Inventors:: Strehlow, John; MacGugan, Doug

Issue Date:: 2017-09-12

Research Org.:: Honeywell International Inc. Morris Plains, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1390062

Patent Number(s):: 9759739

Application Number:: 13/019,913

Assignee:: Honeywell International Inc.

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01P - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
G01L1/162 - {using piezo-electric resonators}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01P - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK
G01P15/097 - by vibratory elements

H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03H - IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS
H03H2009/02496 - {Horizontal, i.e. parallel to the substrate plane}
H03H9/02259 - {Driving or detection means}
H03H9/2473 - {Double-Ended Tuning Fork [DETF] resonators}

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0002754

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011 Feb 02

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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Force-Transducers patent, June 1972

Microresonator of double-ended tuning fork configuration patent, September 1984

Counting scale and load cell assembly therefor patent, August 1995

Vibrating beam force-frequency transducer patent, November 1996

Tuning fork with symmetrical mass balancing and reduced quadrature error patent, March 2004

Trapped charge field bias vibrating beam accelerometer patent, April 2005

Actuator having doped silicon arms and method of making the same patent, May 2006

Optically coupled resonant pressure sensor patent, May 2008

Optical and electronic interface for optically coupled resonators patent, October 2008

Method of manufacturing a tuning fork with reduced quadrature errror and symmetrical mass balancing patent, April 2009

Optically coupled resonator patent, October 2009

Double-ended tuning fork type piezoelectric resonator and pressure sensor patent, March 2010

Methods for manufacturing tuning-fork type piezoelectric vibrating devices patent, August 2010

Acceleration sensor patent, September 2010

Anchor/support design for MEMS resonators patent, August 2011

Pressure sensor patent, January 2012

Pressure sensor element and pressure sensor patent, January 2012

Tuning fork and method with reduced quadrature error and symmetrical mass balancing patent-application, February 2002

Optically Coupled Resonator patent-application, September 2006

Acceleration Sensor patent-application, April 2008

Double-Ended Tuning Fork Type Piezoelectric Resonator And Pressure Sensor patent-application, June 2009

Angular Velocity Sensor And Method Of Manufacturing The Same patent-application, January 2010

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Force-Transducers
patent, June 1972

Microresonator of double-ended tuning fork configuration
patent, September 1984

Counting scale and load cell assembly therefor
patent, August 1995

Vibrating beam force-frequency transducer
patent, November 1996

Tuning fork with symmetrical mass balancing and reduced quadrature error
patent, March 2004

Trapped charge field bias vibrating beam accelerometer
patent, April 2005

Actuator having doped silicon arms and method of making the same
patent, May 2006

Optically coupled resonant pressure sensor
patent, May 2008

Optical and electronic interface for optically coupled resonators
patent, October 2008

Method of manufacturing a tuning fork with reduced quadrature errror and symmetrical mass balancing
patent, April 2009

Optically coupled resonator
patent, October 2009

Double-ended tuning fork type piezoelectric resonator and pressure sensor
patent, March 2010

Methods for manufacturing tuning-fork type piezoelectric vibrating devices
patent, August 2010

Acceleration sensor
patent, September 2010

Anchor/support design for MEMS resonators
patent, August 2011

Pressure sensor
patent, January 2012

Pressure sensor element and pressure sensor
patent, January 2012

Tuning fork and method with reduced quadrature error and symmetrical mass balancing
patent-application, February 2002

Optically Coupled Resonator
patent-application, September 2006

Acceleration Sensor
patent-application, April 2008

Double-Ended Tuning Fork Type Piezoelectric Resonator And Pressure Sensor
patent-application, June 2009

Angular Velocity Sensor And Method Of Manufacturing The Same
patent-application, January 2010

Angular Velocity Sensor
patent-application, February 2010

Manufacturing Method Of Piezoelectric Device
patent-application, July 2011

Acceleration Sensor And Acceleration Detecting Apparatus
patent-application, July 2011

Acceleration Sensor
patent-application, September 2011

An Electromagnetically Excited Silicon Nitride Beam Resonant Accelerometer
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