Capacitance type accelerometer

A capacitive type accelerometer having:

• a silicon plate including a portion formed as a movable electrode which is moved according to acceleration;
• glass plates respectively mounting a conductive layer thereon which are opposite to the silicon plate with a certain separation distance and are connected to both sides of the silicon plate except the movable electrode;
• lead wires which are respectively connected to the conductive layers through at least one groove formed in at least one of the silicon plate and the glass plates;
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• silicon plates respectively covering each outside surface of the glass plates.

A capacitance type accelerometer, having:

• a silicon plate including a portion formed as a movable electrode which is moved according to accelerating force;
• glass plates respectively mounting a conductive layer thereon which are opposite to the silicon plate with a certain separation distance and are anodic-bonded to both sides of the silicon plate except the movable electrode;
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• lead wires which are respectively connected to the conductive layer and are respectively fed out of the glass plate through a hole formed thereon.

A capacitance type accelerometer, having:

• a silicon plate including a portion formed as a movable electrode which is moved according to acceleration;
• thermal oxide films which are respectively formed on the silicon plate except the movable electrode;
• polycrystal silicon layer formed on the thermal oxide films;
• glass plates respectively mounting a conductive layer thereon which are opposite to the silicon plate with a certain separation distance and are connected to both sides of the silicon plate through the thermal oxide films and the polycrystal silicon layer except the movable electrode;
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• thin lead wires which respectively connect lead out terminals to the conductive layers through portions between the thermal oxide films and the glass plates and are connected to the polycrystal silicon layer.

A capacitance type accelerometer comprising:

• a silicon plate including a portion formed as a movable electrode which is moved in response to acceleration;
• first and second plate members disposed on opposite sides of the silicon plate and being spaced at least from the movable electrode portion of the silicon plate, the plate members being connected to the silicon plate other than in the region of the movable electrode portion;
• wherein the first and second plate members are glass plate members, each glass plate member having a conductive layer mounted thereon and disposed in opposition to the movable electrode portion of the silicon plate;
• and
• lead wires respectively connected to the conductive layers through at least one preformed groove provided in at least one of the silicon plate and the glass plate members.