Patents by Inventor Jean Marie DARMANIN

Jean Marie DARMANIN 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: 11965906
    Abstract: A closed-loop microelectromechanical accelerometer includes a substrate of semiconductor material, an out-of-plane sensing mass and feedback electrodes. The out-of-plane sensing mass, of semiconductor material, has a first side facing the supporting body and a second side opposite to the first side. The out-of-plane sensing mass is also connected to the supporting body to oscillate around a non-barycentric fulcrum axis parallel to the first side and to the second side and perpendicular to an out-of-plane sensing axis. The feedback electrodes are capacitively coupled to the sensing mass and are configured to apply opposite electrostatic forces to the sensing mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gabriele Gattere, Jean Marie Darmanin, Francesco Rizzini, Carlo Valzasina
  • Publication number: 20240044932
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical sensor device having a sensing structure with: a substrate; an inertial mass, suspended above the substrate and elastically coupled to a rotor anchoring structure by elastic coupling elements, to perform at least one inertial movement due to a quantity to be sensed; first sensing electrodes, integrally coupled to the inertial mass to be movable due to the inertial movement; and second sensing electrodes, fixed with respect to the quantity to be sensed, facing and capacitively coupled to the first sensing electrodes to form sensing capacitances having a value that is indicative of the quantity to be sensed. The second sensing electrodes are arranged in a suspended manner above the substrate and a compensation structure is configured to move the second sensing electrodes with respect to the first sensing electrodes and vary a facing distance thereof, in the absence of the quantity to be sensed, in order to compensate for a native offset of the sensing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gabriele GATTERE, Jean Marie DARMANIN, Francesco RIZZINI
  • Publication number: 20230296643
    Abstract: A micromechanical device includes a semiconductor body, a first mobile structure, an elastic assembly, coupled to the first mobile structure and to the semiconductor body and adapted to undergo deformation in a direction, and at least one abutment element. The elastic assembly is configured to enable an oscillation of the first mobile structure as a function of a force applied thereto. The first mobile structure, the abutment element and the elastic assembly are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that: when the force is lower than a force threshold, the elastic assembly operates with a first elastic constant; and when the force is greater than the threshold force, then the first mobile structure is in contact with the abutment element, and a deformation of the elastic assembly is generated, which operates with a second elastic constant different from the first elastic constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Jean Marie DARMANIN, Carlo VALZASINA, Alessandro TOCCHIO, Gabriele GATTERE
  • Patent number: 11698388
    Abstract: A micromechanical device includes a semiconductor body, a first mobile structure, an elastic assembly, coupled to the first mobile structure and to the semiconductor body and adapted to undergo deformation in a direction, and at least one abutment element. The elastic assembly is configured to enable an oscillation of the first mobile structure as a function of a force applied thereto. The first mobile structure, the abutment element and the elastic assembly are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that: when the force is lower than a force threshold, the elastic assembly operates with a first elastic constant; and when the force is greater than the threshold force, then the first mobile structure is in contact with the abutment element, and a deformation of the elastic assembly is generated, which operates with a second elastic constant different from the first elastic constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Jean Marie Darmanin, Carlo Valzasina, Alessandro Tocchio, Gabriele Gattere
  • Publication number: 20230028797
    Abstract: A closed-loop microelectromechanical accelerometer includes a substrate of semiconductor material, an out-of-plane sensing mass and feedback electrodes. The out-of-plane sensing mass, of semiconductor material, has a first side facing the supporting body and a second side opposite to the first side. The out-of-plane sensing mass is also connected to the supporting body to oscillate around a non-barycentric fulcrum axis parallel to the first side and to the second side and perpendicular to an out-of-plane sensing axis. The feedback electrodes are capacitively coupled to the sensing mass and are configured to apply opposite electrostatic forces to the sensing mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gabriele GATTERE, Jean Marie DARMANIN, Francesco RIZZINI, Carlo VALZASINA
  • Publication number: 20210190814
    Abstract: A micromechanical device includes a semiconductor body, a first mobile structure, an elastic assembly, coupled to the first mobile structure and to the semiconductor body and adapted to undergo deformation in a direction, and at least one abutment element. The elastic assembly is configured to enable an oscillation of the first mobile structure as a function of a force applied thereto. The first mobile structure, the abutment element and the elastic assembly are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that: when the force is lower than a force threshold, the elastic assembly operates with a first elastic constant; and when the force is greater than the threshold force, then the first mobile structure is in contact with the abutment element, and a deformation of the elastic assembly is generated, which operates with a second elastic constant different from the first elastic constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Jean Marie DARMANIN, Carlo VALZASINA, Alessandro TOCCHIO, Gabriele GATTERE