Inertial sensor and inertial measurement module
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKazuyuki Nagata
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Abstract
An inertial sensor includes: a substrate; a movable body configured to be displaced with respect to the substrate; and an attenuator configured to attenuate a displacement of the movable body with respect to the substrate. The attenuator includes a comb-shaped first structure including a plurality of movable comb fingers whose base ends are coupled to the movable body, and a comb-shaped second structure including a plurality of fixed comb fingers whose base ends are coupled to the substrate, the plurality of fixed comb fingers intersecting with the plurality of movable comb fingers. A width of the base end of each of the movable comb fingers and the fixed comb fingers is larger than a width of a tip end thereof.
Claims9
An inertial sensor comprising:
- a substrate;
- a fixed electrode on the substrate;
- a dummy electrode on the substrate, the dummy electrode being spaced apart from the fixed electrode in a plan view;
- a movable body configured to be displaced with respect to the substrate, the movable body directly facing the first fixed electrode and the dummy electrode via a gap in the plan view, the movable body being electrically connected to the dummy electrode such that the movable body and the dummy electrode has a same potential;
- and
- an attenuator configured to attenuate a displacement of the movable body with respect to the substrate, the attenuator being overlapped with only the dummy electrode in the plan view, wherein
- the attenuator includes
- a comb-shaped first structure including a plurality of movable comb fingers whose base ends are coupled to the movable body, and
- a comb-shaped second structure including a plurality of fixed comb fingers whose base ends are coupled to the substrate, the plurality of fixed comb fingers intersecting with the plurality of movable comb fingers, and
- a width of the base end of each of the movable comb fingers and the fixed comb fingers is larger than a width of a tip end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.