Patents by Inventor Alessandro DANEI

Alessandro DANEI 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: 11969757
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a PMUT device including a piezoelectric element located at a membrane element is provided. The method includes receiving a silicon on insulator substrate having a first silicon layer, an oxide layer, and a second silicon layer. Portions of a first surface of the second silicon layer are exposed by removing exposed side portions of the first silicon layer and corresponding portions of the oxide layer, and a central portion including the remaining portions of the first silicon layer and of the oxide layer is defined. Anchor portions for the membrane element are formed at the exposed portions of the first surface of the second silicon layer. The piezoelectric element is formed above the central portion, and the membrane element is defined by selectively removing the second layer and removing the remaining portion of the oxide from under the remaining portion of the first silicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico Vercesi, Alessandro Danei, Giorgio Allegato, Gabriele Gattere, Roberto Campedelli
  • Publication number: 20240051817
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical button device is provided with a detection structure having: a substrate of semiconductor material with a front surface and a rear surface; a buried electrode arranged on the substrate; a mobile electrode, arranged in a structural layer overlying the substrate and elastically suspended above the buried electrode at a separation distance so as to form a detection capacitor; and a cap coupled over the structural layer and having a first main surface facing the structural layer and a second main surface that is designed to be mechanically coupled to a deformable portion of a case of an electronic apparatus of a portable or wearable type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico VERCESI, Gabriele GATTERE, Giorgio ALLEGATO, Mikel AZPEITIA URQUIA, Alessandro DANEI
  • Publication number: 20210276044
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a PMUT device including a piezoelectric element located at a membrane element is provided. The method includes receiving a silicon on insulator substrate having a first silicon layer, an oxide layer, and a second silicon layer. Portions of a first surface of the second silicon layer are exposed by removing exposed side portions of the first silicon layer and corresponding portions of the oxide layer, and a central portion including the remaining portions of the first silicon layer and of the oxide layer is defined. Anchor portions for the membrane element are formed at the exposed portions of the first surface of the second silicon layer. The piezoelectric element is formed above the central portion, and the membrane element is defined by selectively removing the second layer and removing the remaining portion of the oxide from under the remaining portion of the first silicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico VERCESI, Alessandro DANEI, Giorgio ALLEGATO, Gabriele GATTERE, Roberto CAMPEDELLI