Patents Assigned to AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
  • Patent number: 12287205
    Abstract: A three-axis MEMS gyroscope includes a substrate, a sensing unit connected with the substrate, and a driving unit driving the sensing unit to move. The substrate includes anchor point structures and coupling structures connected with the anchor point structures. The driving unit includes driving pieces. One ends of each of the driving pieces are elastically connected with an adjacent coupling structure. The sensing unit includes X and Y mass blocks and Z mass blocks. Each of the X and Y mass blocks is arranged in a corresponding avoiding space. The X and Y mass blocks are respectively connected with adjacent coupling structures to form a rectangular frame. The Z mass blocks are connected with the driving pieces and separately arranged on one side of each driving piece away from each anchor point structure. The three-axis MEMS gyroscope is differentially driven, which realizes differential detection and reduces quadrature error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
  • Patent number: 12264915
    Abstract: The invention discloses a MEMS gyroscope, including a substrate, a first unit and a second unit, and the first unit and the second unit are relatively arranged on the substrate along the first direction. The first unit is connected to the second unit through a coupling spring, and the substrate is also provided with a driving electrode and a detection electrode. The first unit includes a first weight and a second weight. The second unit includes the third weight and the fourth weight set oppositely along the second direction. The second set of coupling structures are connected to the third weight and fourth weight. Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that the MEMS gyroscope adopts a symmetrical layout, which facilitates the realization of differential detection and improves the sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Xiao Kan, Shitao Yan, Yang Li, Hongtao Peng, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
  • Patent number: 12238479
    Abstract: The present invention provides a MEMS speaker including a substrate sidewall enclosing a cavity. The substrate sidewall includes a first surface and a second surface, a sounding assembly that is arranged on the first surface of the substrate sidewall and also seals the cavity at the opening of the first surface, and a bracket disposed in the cavity. The sounding assembly includes a first sounding assembly and the second sounding assembly. Each sounding assembly includes a driving part and a flexible diaphragm. The flexible diaphragm closes the gap formed between the free ends of adjacent driving parts and between the free ends of the driving parts and the substrate sidewall. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of MEMS speaker. The MEMS speakers provided by the present invention have high-quality acoustic performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shiyang Cheng, Yiwei Zhou, Qiang Dan, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 12222203
    Abstract: Provided is a fully decoupled MEMS gyroscope, including an anchor point unit, a sensing unit elastically connected to the anchor point unit, and a driving unit configured to drive the sensing unit to move. The anchor point unit includes a center anchor point subunit located at a center of a rectangle and four side anchor points. The driving unit includes four driving members located on four sides of the rectangle. The sensing unit includes two X mass blocks symmetrically arranged in two avoiding intervals, two Y mass blocks symmetrically arranged in the other two avoiding intervals, four Z mass blocks respectively located at an outer side of each driving member, and four Z detection decoupling members respectively located at an outer side of each Z mass block. The X mass blocks and the Y mass blocks are respectively connected to each side anchor point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Shitao Yan, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
  • Patent number: 12203755
    Abstract: A micromachined gyroscope and an electronic product are provided. The micromachined gyroscope includes a driving component, a detecting component, first connecting components, and second connecting components. The driving component includes first driving pieces, second driving pieces, and driving devices driving the first driving pieces and the second driving piece to move. The detecting component includes first detecting pieces arranged along a third direction, second detecting pieces arranged along a fourth direction, and detecting devices for detecting movement distances of the first detecting pieces and/or the second detecting pieces along a fifth direction. Each of the first connecting pieces and the second connecting pieces rotates around a center thereof, so the second detecting pieces and the first detecting pieces respectively reciprocate along the third direction and the fourth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
  • Patent number: 12192702
    Abstract: The invention provides a MEMS speaker including a substrate enclosing a cavity, a cantilever beam at least partially suspended above the cavity, a piezoelectric actuator away from the cavity, a polymer layer away from the cavity and attached to the cantilever beam and the piezoelectric actuator for completely covering the cantilever beam, the piezoelectric actuator and the cavity, and a piezoelectric composite vibration structure formed by the polymer layer. The cantilever beam includes a first section fixed to the substrate, a second section extending from the first section to the cavity and suspended above the cavity, and a third section extending from the second section away from the first section, an end of the third section away from the second section being suspended; and the piezoelectric actuator is only fixed with the third section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD, AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Dan, Yu Shen, Yiwei Zhou, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 12187597
    Abstract: A MEMS microphone includes a substrate, a base, a capacitance system, and at least one cantilever structure. The substrate includes a back cavity, the base is disposed on one side of the substrate, and the capacitance system is disposed on the base. The capacitance system includes at least one back plate assembly, at least one first vibration diaphragm, and at least one second vibration diaphragm. The at least one first vibration diaphragm includes a first sub-vibration diaphragm, and the at least one second vibration diaphragm includes a second sub-vibration diaphragm. The sub-vibration diaphragm and the second sub-vibration diaphragm form a cantilever beam structure on the base, which increase compliance of the at least one first vibration diaphragm and the at least one second vibration diaphragm and reduce tension of the at least one first vibration diaphragm and the at least one second vibration diaphragm, thereby improving sensitivity of the microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kaijie Wang, Zhuanzhuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 12130139
    Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope for three-axis detection relates to the technical field of gyroscope and includes a substrate, a sensing unit elastically connected with the substrate, and a driving unit coupled with the sensing unit and driving the sensing unit to move. The substrate includes anchor point structures respectively located at four corners of the substrate and four coupling structures respectively elastically connected with the four anchor point structures. An avoiding space is formed between two adjacent coupling structures. The driving unit includes two driving pieces separately elastically connected with adjacent coupling structures. The two driving pieces are symmetrically arranged and are frame-shaped. The sensing unit includes four X and Y mass blocks, two Z mass blocks elastically connected with the driving pieces, and two decoupling mass blocks. The two decoupling mass blocks are elastically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
  • Patent number: 12117293
    Abstract: A micromechanical gyroscope and an electronic device are related. The micromechanical gyroscope includes a first movement member, a second movement member, many drive members and a detection member, the first movement member has a first center, with two ends along a second direction oscillating around the first center along a first and a third directions, the second movement member has a second center, with two ends along the first direction oscillating around the second center along the second and third directions. The drive members can drive oscillations of the first and second movement members. The detection member is located above or below the first and second movement members in the third direction, to detect moving distances of the first and second movement members along the third direction. The micromechanical gyroscope can detect angular velocities in two directions simultaneously and perform differential detection to reduce errors, thus expanding application scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Xiao Kan, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
  • Patent number: 12104905
    Abstract: The invention provides a micromachined gyroscope. The micromachined gyroscope includes a driving structure, a detection structure and a connection component. The driving structure includes a first moving component and a driving component. The driving component is used to drive the movement of the first moving component. The detection structure includes a second moving component and a detection component installed in the second moving component. The detection component is used to detect the movement distance of the second moving component along the third or fourth direction. The driving component is installed inside the first moving component, and the detection component is installed inside the second moving component. Greater drive of amplitude can be achieved at the same drive voltage, thereby increasing the sensitivity of the micromachined gyroscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Shitao Yan, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
  • Patent number: 12050105
    Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope includes an anchor point, a resonator, and a transducer. The resonator includes eight resonating blocks arranged at equal intervals and a coupling beam connecting each two adjacent resonating blocks. The resonating blocks are connected with the anchor point through anchoring beams. The anchoring beams decouple radial motion and circumferential motion of the resonating blocks. The resonating blocks include first resonating blocks, second resonating blocks, third resonating blocks, and fourth resonating blocks. In a vibration mode, the transducer drives the first and second resonating blocks to vibrate along a first axis and a second axis respectively, so the third and fourth resonating blocks are driven to vibrate along the fourth axis and the third axis respectively. In a detection mode, the transducer detects vibration of the third resonating blocks along the third axis and the vibration of the fourth resonating blocks along the fourth axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Shitao Yan, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Yan Hong, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
  • Patent number: 12050104
    Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope includes an anchor point, at least two driving structures connected with the anchor point; a mass group connected with the driving structures, and coupling beams connected with adjacent driving structures. The mass group includes two detecting components arranged on opposite sides of the driving structures and connected with the driving structures. Each of the detecting components includes two mass blocks arranged at intervals and detecting transducers arranged below or above the mass blocks. The mass blocks are connected with the driving structures. At least portions of the mass blocks extend to outsides of the driving structures. The mass blocks and the detecting transducers are symmetrically arranged, which is convenient for realizing differential detection. In an out-plane oscillation mode, most portions of the mass blocks sense an angular velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiao Kan, Zhan Zhan, Zhao Ma, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
  • Patent number: 12038282
    Abstract: A MEMS single-axis gyroscope includes an anchor point structure, a sensing unit elastically connected with the anchor point structure, and a driving decoupling structure elastically connected with the anchor point structure and the sensing unit. The sensing unit includes a plurality of mass blocks arranged side by side and rocker connecting pieces. Each of the rocker connecting pieces is connected between corresponding two adjacent mass blocks. Connecting positions between each of the rocker connecting pieces and the corresponding two adjacent mass blocks are located on a same side of the line connecting the centers of the plurality of mass blocks. The MEMS single-axis gyroscope is able to perform differential detection, which resists interference of external electrical and mechanical noise, and improves a signal-to-noise ratio. By adjusting the rocker connecting pieces arranged between each two adjacent mass blocks, a total vector displacement of the plurality of mass blocks is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shan Yang, Hongtao Peng, Zhan Zhan, Shitao Yan, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
  • Patent number: 12013240
    Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope includes an anchor point unit, a sensing unit elastically connected with the anchor point unit, and a driving unit elastically connected with the anchor point unit and the sensing unit. The anchor point unit includes four corner anchor point structures arranged at four corners of the MEMS gyroscope and four central anchor points. The sensing unit includes four first mass blocks elastically connected with the corner anchor point structures and the central anchor points to form avoiding spaces, four second mass blocks arranged within the avoiding spaces, and four decoupling mass blocks. The driving unit includes four driving pieces respectively connected with outer sides of the second mass blocks. The MEMS gyroscope realizes independent detection of angular velocities of three axes and realizes differential detection and balance of vibration moment, which immune to influence of acceleration shock and quadrature error and improves detection accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
  • Patent number: 12015896
    Abstract: The invention discloses a piezoelectric speaker, including a substrate with a cavity therethrough a supporting structure covering the cavity a first drive structure stacked on the supporting structure, including alternately stacked first electrode layers and first piezoelectric layers a transmission structure stacked on the first drive structure, and a separation slot penetrating the supporting structure and the first drive structure to separate the first drive structure into a first piezoelectric driving part and a second piezoelectric driving part. A rigidity of the transmission structure is less than or equal to a rigidity of the first drive structure, and the rigidity of the first drive structure is less than or equal to a rigidity of the supporting structure. Compared with the prior art, the sound pressure level generated at the same moment is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yu Shen, Qiang Dan, Yiwei Zhou, Shiyang Cheng, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 12013414
    Abstract: A MEMS accelerometer includes a base, proof mass, at least one pair of seesaw structures, and an out-of-plane displacement detection component. The at least one pair of the seesaw structures are oppositely disposed and fixed on the base through anchor points, and the out-of-plane displacement detection component is configured to detect rotation of the at least one pair of the seesaw structures or out-of-plane linear motion of the proof mass. Linear displacement of the MEMS accelerometer is not only beneficial to improve linearity of a capacitive displacement detection, but also to other non-capacitive detection methods, such as optical displacement detection. In addition, a double coupling structure is adopted to jointly couple rotation of seesaws, and remaining translational and rotational modes of the seesaw structures are suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shitao Yan, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong, Kahkeen Lai
  • Patent number: 11950070
    Abstract: A sound production device includes a substrate having a cavity and a plurality of cantilever diaphragms fixed on the substrate. Each of the plurality of the cantilever diaphragms includes a fixed end fixed on the substrate and a free end extending from the fixed end to a position suspended above the cavity. The free end includes a first surface and a second surface oppositely arranged. The free end and the substrate or other free ends are spaced to form a gap. The sound production device further includes a first dielectric elastomer actuator, a second dielectric elastomer actuator, and a flexible connector. The sound production device of the present disclosures adopts dielectric elastomer actuators on both of the upper and lower sides of the cantilever diaphragms to together act on the cantilever diaphragms, thereby improving the linearity of the sound production device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qiang Dan, Yu Shen, Shiyang Cheng, Yiwei Zhou, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 11885618
    Abstract: One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a three-axis micromachined gyroscope which improves the detection sensitivity for detecting angular velocity. Accordingly, the present invention provides a three-axis micromachined gyroscope, including: a base; a vibration part suspended by the base, including a vibration assembly for receiving Coriolis force and generating a position change; a drive electrode for driving the vibration part; a detection part connected with the vibration part for detecting position change of the weights after receiving Coriolis force, and converting the position change of the weight into an electrical signal for outputting; and a swing center of each weight being outside the corresponding weight. When the three-axis micromachined gyroscope receives an angular velocity, the swinging weight is subjected to Coriolis force and a corresponding position change occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Xiao Kan, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong, Kahkeen Lai
  • Patent number: 11879907
    Abstract: The invention provides an acceleration sensor, including a sensing unit, a sensing unit includes a ring-shaped outer coupling unit; seesaw structures, including at least two and arranged on an inner side of the outer coupling unit; an inner coupling unit, including an inner coupling elastic beam connecting two adjacent seesaw structures; proof mass blocks fixed on the outer coupling unit or the inner coupling unit or the seesaw structures; an in-plane coupling elastic member elastically connecting the seesaw structures to the outer coupling unit; in-plane displacement detection devices arranged on the proof mass blocks and configured to detect movements of the proof mass blocks along the first direction and/or along the second direction; and out-of-plane displacement detection devices arranged on the outer coupling unit and/or the seesaw structures and/or the inner coupling unit configured to detect movements of the seesaw structures along the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shitao Yan, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Zhao Ma, Hongtao Peng, Xiao Kan, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Yan Hong, Veronica Tan
  • Patent number: 11863934
    Abstract: The present invention provides a MEMS microphone, including a substrate and a capacitive structure. The capacitive structure includes a back plate and a vibration diaphragm. The vibration diaphragm includes a main body and a plurality of supporting structures for supporting the main body. Each supporting structure includes a supporting beam and two spring structures. Each spring structure includes at least two beam arms extending along the extension direction of the peripheral edge of the main body, and the beam arm closest to the main body is spaced apart from the main body. The sensitivity of the MEMS microphone in the present invention is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bei Tong, Rui Zhang