# US 11,079,226 B2 · Physical quantity sensor, method of manufacturing physical quantity sensor, electronic apparatus, and vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,079,226 B2 - Document ID: US11079226B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/369,080 - Filed: 2019-03-29 - Published: 2019-10-03 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-30 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Keiichi Yamaguchi; Ryuta Nishizawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079226B2 ## CPC - G01C 19/5614: Signal processing - G01C 19/5628: Manufacturing; Trimming; Mounting; Housings - G01L 1/106: {Constructional details} - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G01L: MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) ## Abstract A physical quantity sensor includes: a supporting member; and a sensor element supported by the supporting member, in which the sensor element includes a vibrator element, a drive signal wiring disposed on the vibrator element, and a first detection signal terminal and a second detection signal terminal disposed on the vibrator element, the supporting member includes a substrate on which the sensor element is joined, and a first detection signal wiring and a second detection signal wiring disposed on the substrate, and the first detection signal wiring and the second detection signal wiring respectively include areas that extend along a second axis intersecting with the first axis and that intersect with the drive signal wiring in a plan view as seen in a direction in which the sensor element and the substrate overlap with each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A physical quantity sensor comprising: a base; a supporting member supported by the base; and a sensor element supported by the supporting member, wherein the sensor element includes a vibrator element having a pair of drive arms and a pair of detection arms, a drive signal wiring that is disposed on the vibrator element, that transmits a drive signal for vibrating a drive portion of the vibrator element, and that extends along a first axis, and a first detection signal terminal and a second detection signal terminal that are disposed on the pair of detection arms and that output detection signals in accordance with vibration of the pair of detection arms, the supporting member includes a substrate on which the sensor element is joined, a first detection signal wiring that is disposed on the substrate and that transmits the detection signal from the first detection signal terminal, a second detection signal wiring that is disposed on the substrate and that transmits the detection signal from the second detection signal terminal, a first portion in a frame shape joined to the base, the substrate to which the sensor element is joined and which is disposed inside the first portion, and a first beam portion swingably supporting the substrate around a third axis with respect to the first portion, and the first detection signal wiring and the second detection signal wiring respectively include areas that extend along a second axis intersecting with the first axis and that intersect with the drive signal wiring in a plan view as seen in a direction in which the sensor element and the substrate overlap with each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1, wherein the area of the first detection signal wiring that extends along the second axis and that intersects with the drive signal wiring in a plan view is positioned closer to a center of the substrate than an outer edge of the substrate in the plan view. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member includes a second portion in a frame shape disposed inside the first portion, the substrate to which the sensor element is joined and which is disposed inside the second portion, the first beam portion swingably supporting the second portion around the third axis with respect to the first portion, and a second beam portion swingably supporting the substrate around a fourth axis intersecting with the third axis with respect to the second portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The physical quantity sensor according to claim 1, further comprising: a metal bump joining the sensor element and the substrate. ### Claim 5 A method of manufacturing a physical quantity sensor having a base, a supporting member supported by the base, and a sensor element supported by the supporting member, the method comprising: preparing the base, the supporting member, and the sensor element; and joining the supporting member and the sensor element, wherein in the preparing, the sensor element includes a vibrator element having a pair of drive arms and a pair of detection arms, a drive signal wiring that is disposed on the vibrator element, that transmits a drive signal for vibrating a drive portion of the vibrator element, and that extends along a first axis, and a first detection signal terminal and a second detection signal terminal that are disposed on the pair of detection arms and that output detection signals in accordance with vibration of the pair of detection arms, the supporting member includes a substrate, a first detection signal wiring that is disposed on the substrate and that transmits the detection signal from the first detection signal terminal, a second detection signal wiring that is disposed on the substrate and that transmits the detection signal from the second detection signal terminal, a first portion in a frame shape joined to the base, the substrate to which the sensor element is joined and which is disposed inside the first portion, and a first beam portion swingably supporting the substrate around a third axis with respect to the first portion, and in the joining, the first detection signal wiring and the second detection signal wiring respectively include areas that extend along a second axis intersecting with the first axis and that intersect with the drive signal wiring in a plan view as seen in a direction in which the sensor element and the substrate overlap with each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An electronic apparatus comprising: the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1, wherein the physical quantity sensor includes a circuit element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A vehicle comprising: the physical quantity sensor according to claim 1; and a body on which the physical quantity sensor is mounted.