Dynamic pressure sensor with improved operation
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsBruno FAIN, Philippe ROBERT, Thierry VERDOT
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AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsBruno FAIN, Philippe ROBERT, Thierry VERDOT
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A MEMS and/or NEMS pressure sensor including, in a substrate: a stationary portion and a portion movable relative to the stationary portion, the movable portion including a sensitive element configured to move in the plane of the sensor under effect of a pressure variation; a stress gauge detecting movement of the sensitive element in the plane of the sensor due to the pressure variation; electrodes actuating the sensitive element, the actuating electrodes being borne partially by the stationary portion and partially by the movable portion, the actuating electrodes being commanded to automatically control positionwise the movement of the sensitive element; a mechanism commanding the actuating electrodes, which are configured, on the basis of signals emitted by the gauge, to bias the actuating electrodes to automatically control positionwise the movement of the sensitive element.
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A MEMS and/or NEMS pressure sensor comprising, in a substrate extending in a sensor plane:
The pressure sensor according to claim 21, wherein the substrate comprises a support substrate and a cap substrate, the first cavity being connected to the environment in which pressure variations are desired to be measured through an aperture of the cap substrate, the second cavity comprising an aperture in the support substrate opposite the aperture of the first cavity or a side aperture or the second cavity having a sufficient volume not to damp movement of the movable part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.