Patents by Inventor Andrea OPRENI

Andrea OPRENI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11933810
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a detection structure for a vertical-axis resonant accelerometer. The detection structure includes an inertial mass suspended above a substrate and having a window provided therewithin and traversing it throughout a thickness thereof. The inertial mass is coupled to a main anchorage, arranged in the window and integral with the substrate, through a first and a second anchoring elastic element of a torsional type. The detection structure also includes at least a first resonant element having longitudinal extension, coupled between the first elastic element and a first constraint element arranged in the window. The first constraint element is suspended above the substrate, to which it is fixedly coupled through a first auxiliary anchoring element which extends below the first resonant element with longitudinal extension and is integrally coupled between the first constraint element and the main anchorage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Valentina Zega, Gabriele Gattere, Attilio Alberto Frangi, Andrea Opreni, Manuel Riani
  • Publication number: 20230253895
    Abstract: MEMS actuator including: a substrate; a first and a second semiconductive layer; a frame including transverse regions formed by the second semiconductive layer, elongated parallel to a first direction and offset along a second direction, the frame being movable parallel to the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea OPRENI, Valentina ZEGA, Attilio FRANGI, Gabriele GATTERE, Manuel RIANI
  • Publication number: 20230082421
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a detection structure for a vertical-axis resonant accelerometer. The detection structure includes an inertial mass suspended above a substrate and having a window provided therewithin and traversing it throughout a thickness thereof. The inertial mass is coupled to a main anchorage, arranged in the window and integral with the substrate, through a first and a second anchoring elastic element of a torsional type. The detection structure also includes at least a first resonant element having longitudinal extension, coupled between the first elastic element and a first constraint element arranged in the window. The first constraint element is suspended above the substrate, to which it is fixedly coupled through a first auxiliary anchoring element which extends below the first resonant element with longitudinal extension and is integrally coupled between the first constraint element and the main anchorage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Valentina ZEGA, Gabriele GATTERE, Attilio Alberto FRANGI, Andrea OPRENI, Manuel RIANI