Physical quantity sensor and electronic device
First Claim
1. A physical quantity sensor comprising:
- a substrate;
a first displacement member and a second displacement member each of which is disposed in a spatial plane on the substrate and has a rotation shaft;
fixed electrodes disposed on the substrate at positions opposed to the first displacement member and the second displacement member;
a first support member which supports the respective rotation shafts of the first displacement member and the second displacement member and includes a beam portion between the first displacement member and the second displacement member and supported on both ends by the first support member to reduce deformation of the first support member;
a second support member which supports a plurality of rotation shafts of a third displacement member and a fourth displacement member;
a first fixing member which supports the first support member via a first spring unit, wherein the first spring unit oscillates in an oscillation direction;
a second fixing member which supports the second support member via a second spring unit, wherein the second spring unit oscillates in the oscillation direction;
a third spring unit connecting the first support member and the second support member and oscillating in the oscillation direction, anda driving unit which oscillates the first support member in the oscillation direction,whereineach of the first displacement member and the second displacement member shifts in a direction perpendicular to the spatial plane around an axis of the corresponding rotation shaft,each of the rotation shafts of the first displacement member and the second displacement member is disposed at a position shifted from the center of gravity of the corresponding displacement member, andthe shift direction of the rotation shaft of the first displacement member from the center of gravity of the first displacement member is opposite to the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the second displacement member from the center of gravity of the second displacement member.
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Abstract
A physical quantity sensor includes: a substrate; first and second displacement members in a spatial plane on the substrate and having rotation shafts; fixed electrodes on the substrate opposed to the first and second displacement members; a support member supporting the rotation shafts; fixing members supporting the support member via a spring unit; and a driving unit oscillating the support member in an oscillation direction. Each of the first and second displacement members shifts perpendicularly to the spatial plane around an axis of the corresponding rotation shaft. Each rotation shaft is shifted in an opposite direction from the center of gravity of the corresponding displacement member.
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13 Claims
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1. A physical quantity sensor comprising:
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a substrate; a first displacement member and a second displacement member each of which is disposed in a spatial plane on the substrate and has a rotation shaft; fixed electrodes disposed on the substrate at positions opposed to the first displacement member and the second displacement member; a first support member which supports the respective rotation shafts of the first displacement member and the second displacement member and includes a beam portion between the first displacement member and the second displacement member and supported on both ends by the first support member to reduce deformation of the first support member; a second support member which supports a plurality of rotation shafts of a third displacement member and a fourth displacement member; a first fixing member which supports the first support member via a first spring unit, wherein the first spring unit oscillates in an oscillation direction; a second fixing member which supports the second support member via a second spring unit, wherein the second spring unit oscillates in the oscillation direction; a third spring unit connecting the first support member and the second support member and oscillating in the oscillation direction, and a driving unit which oscillates the first support member in the oscillation direction, wherein each of the first displacement member and the second displacement member shifts in a direction perpendicular to the spatial plane around an axis of the corresponding rotation shaft, each of the rotation shafts of the first displacement member and the second displacement member is disposed at a position shifted from the center of gravity of the corresponding displacement member, and the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the first displacement member from the center of gravity of the first displacement member is opposite to the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the second displacement member from the center of gravity of the second displacement member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
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7. A physical quantity sensor comprising:
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a substrate; a first oscillator and a second oscillator each of which is disposed in a spatial plane on the substrate, a first spring member formed on a side of the first oscillator and connected to a first fixing member; a second spring member formed on a side of the second oscillator and connected to a second fixing member; and a third spring member connecting the first oscillator to the second oscillator, wherein the first spring member, the second spring member, and the third spring member oscillate in an oscillation direction, wherein the first oscillator includes a first displacement member and a second displacement member each of which has a rotation shaft, and a first support member which supports the respective rotation shafts of the first displacement member and the second displacement member, the first support member includes a beam portion between the first displacement member and the second displacement member and supported on both ends by the first support member to reduce deformation of the first support member, the second oscillator includes a third displacement member and a fourth displacement member each of which has a rotation shaft, and a second support member which supports the respective rotation shafts of the third displacement member and the fourth displacement member, the physical quantity sensor further includes fixed electrodes disposed on the substrate at positions opposed to the first through fourth displacement members, a fixing member which supports the first support member and the second support member via a spring unit, and a driving unit which oscillates the first support member and the second support member, the first oscillator and the second oscillator oscillate in directions opposite to each other, each of the first through fourth displacement members shifts in a direction perpendicular to the spatial plane around an axis of the corresponding rotation shaft, each of the rotation shafts of the first through fourth displacement members is disposed at a position shifted from the center of gravity of the corresponding displacement member, the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the first displacement member from the center of gravity of the first displacement member is opposite to the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the second displacement member from the center of gravity of the second displacement member, and the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the third displacement member from the center of gravity of the third displacement member is opposite to the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the fourth displacement member from the center of gravity of the fourth displacement member. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A physical quantity sensor comprising:
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a substrate; a first displacement member and a second displacement member each of which is disposed in a spatial plane on the substrate and has a rotation shaft; fixed electrodes disposed on the substrate at positions opposed to the first displacement member and the second displacement member; a first support member which supports the respective rotation shafts of the first displacement member and the second displacement member; a second support member which supports a plurality of rotation shafts of a third displacement member and a fourth displacement member; a first fixing member which supports the first support member via a first spring unit, wherein the first spring unit oscillates in an oscillation direction; a second fixing member which supports the second support member via a second spring unit, wherein the second spring unit oscillates in the oscillation direction; a third spring unit connecting the first support member and the second support member and oscillating in the oscillation direction, and a driving unit which oscillates the first support member in the oscillation direction and disposed between the first displacement member and the second displacement member, wherein each of the first displacement member and the second displacement member shifts in a direction perpendicular to the spatial plane around an axis of the corresponding rotation shaft, each of the rotation shafts of the first displacement member and the second displacement member is disposed at a position shifted from the center of gravity of the corresponding displacement member, the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the first displacement member from the center of gravity of the first displacement member is opposite to the shift direction of the rotation shaft of the second displacement member from the center of gravity of the second displacement member. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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