Sensor
First Claim
1. A sensor for measuring pressure or acceleration, which has a monocrystalline silicon substrate with a succession of thin films applied to its first primary surface, wherein a structure having at least a first substructure is formed in these films, so that the first substructure is oriented parallel to the first primary surface of the silicon substrate, and there is a gap between the first substructure and the primary surface, characterized in thatthe silicon substrate (10) is structured and has a frame (11) with a deflectable membrane (12) formed in the first primary surface;
- that the membrane (12) has a reinforcement zone;
that the first substructure is joined to the membrane (12) in the region of the reinforcement zone;
that the first substructure extends past the membrane (12) at least partway over the frame (11);
that the first substructure forms an electrode of a capacitor; and
that at least one first counterelectrode (161,
162) of the capacitor is disposed in the region of the frame (11) opposite the first substructure.
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Abstract
A sensor for measuring pressure and acceleration is proposed; it has a monocrystalline silicon substrate (10) with a succession of thin films applied to its first primary surface. A deflectable membrane (12) in a frame (11) is structured out of the silicon substrate (10), and the membrane (12) is formed in the first primary surface. The membrane (12) has a reinforcement zone. In the succession of thin films that is applied to the first primary surface, there is a structure (50) having at least one first substructure, which is disposed parallel to the first primary surface of the silicon substrate (10). There is a gap between the first substructure and the silicon substrate (10). The first substructure is joined to the membrane (12) in the region of the reinforcement zone. It protrudes past the membrane (12) and extends at least partway over the frame (11). This first substructure forms one electrode of a capacitor. At least one first counterelectrode (161, 162) of the capacitor is disposed opposite the first substructure, in the region of the frame (11).
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20 Claims
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1. A sensor for measuring pressure or acceleration, which has a monocrystalline silicon substrate with a succession of thin films applied to its first primary surface, wherein a structure having at least a first substructure is formed in these films, so that the first substructure is oriented parallel to the first primary surface of the silicon substrate, and there is a gap between the first substructure and the primary surface, characterized in that
the silicon substrate (10) is structured and has a frame (11) with a deflectable membrane (12) formed in the first primary surface; -
that the membrane (12) has a reinforcement zone; that the first substructure is joined to the membrane (12) in the region of the reinforcement zone; that the first substructure extends past the membrane (12) at least partway over the frame (11); that the first substructure forms an electrode of a capacitor; and that at least one first counterelectrode (161,
162) of the capacitor is disposed in the region of the frame (11) opposite the first substructure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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