Patents by Inventor Marc Fueldner

Marc Fueldner 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).

  • Publication number: 20250024203
    Abstract: A system includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, and the second membrane comprises a plurality of openings, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, and a plurality of electrodes in the sealed low pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Patent number: 12133060
    Abstract: A system includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, and the second membrane comprises a plurality of openings, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, and a plurality of electrodes in the sealed low pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Patent number: 12063469
    Abstract: A MicroElectroMechanical (MEMS) device includes a suspended electrode structure anchored to a substrate, the MEMS device having a MEMS resonance mode, and a Tuned Mass Damping (TMD) structure, wherein a portion of the suspended electrode structure forms a TMD structure having a TMD spring element and a TMD mass element, for providing a TMD resonance mode counteracting the MEMS resonance mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Abidin Güçlü Onaran, Marc Fueldner, Dietmar Straeussnigg
  • Publication number: 20240174514
    Abstract: A triple-membrane MEMS device includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, a first stator and a second stator in the sealed low pressure chamber, and a signal processing circuit configured to read-out output signals of the triple-membrane MEMS device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Publication number: 20240158224
    Abstract: A microfabricated structure includes a perforated stator; a first isolation layer on a first surface of the perforated stator; a second isolation layer on a second surface of the perforated stator; a first membrane on the first isolation layer; a second membrane on the second isolation layer; and a pillar coupled between the first membrane and the second membrane, wherein the first isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the first membrane, wherein the second isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the second membrane, and wherein an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the first isolation layer is laterally offset with respect to an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the second isolation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Wolfgang Klein, Evangelos Angelopoulos, Stefan Barzen, Marc Fueldner, Stefan Geißler, Matthias Friedrich Herrmann, Ulrich Krumbein, Konstantin Tkachuk, Giordano Tosolini, Juergen Wagner
  • Publication number: 20240114292
    Abstract: A system includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, and the second membrane comprises a plurality of openings, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, and a plurality of electrodes in the sealed low pressure chamber
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Patent number: 11932533
    Abstract: A triple-membrane MEMS device includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, a first stator and a second stator in the sealed low pressure chamber, and a signal processing circuit configured to read-out output signals of the triple-membrane MEMS device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Patent number: 11905167
    Abstract: A microfabricated structure includes a perforated stator; a first isolation layer on a first surface of the perforated stator; a second isolation layer on a second surface of the perforated stator; a first membrane on the first isolation layer; a second membrane on the second isolation layer; and a pillar coupled between the first membrane and the second membrane, wherein the first isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the first membrane, wherein the second isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the second membrane, and wherein an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the first isolation layer is laterally offset with respect to an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the second isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Klein, Evangelos Angelopoulos, Stefan Barzen, Marc Fueldner, Stefan Geissler, Matthias Friedrich Herrmann, Ulrich Krumbein, Konstantin Tkachuk, Giordano Tosolini, Juergen Wagner
  • Patent number: 11889283
    Abstract: A system includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, and the second membrane comprises a plurality of openings, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, and a plurality of electrodes in the sealed low pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Publication number: 20230184610
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement includes a substrate having a through opening between a first and a second main surface region, a sound transducing portion at the first main surface region of the substrate and spanning the through opening in the substrate, and a pressure sensing portion at the first main surface region of the substrate and fluidically coupled to the through opening in the substrate. The sound transducing portion includes a deflectable membrane structure, and a counter electrode. The pressure sensing portion includes a first and second rigid electrode and a deflectable membrane structure. The deflectable membrane structure of the pressure sensing portion opposes the plane of the first main surface region of the substrate. The first and second rigid electrodes of the pressure sensor form a reference capacitor of the pressure sensor, and the second rigid electrode and the membrane structure form a sense capacitor of the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Athanasios Kollias, Marc Fueldner, Matthias Friedrich Herrmann, Gunar Lorenz, Andreas Wiesbauer
  • Publication number: 20230002219
    Abstract: A microfabricated structure includes a perforated stator; a first isolation layer on a first surface of the perforated stator; a second isolation layer on a second surface of the perforated stator; a first membrane on the first isolation layer; a second membrane on the second isolation layer; and a pillar coupled between the first membrane and the second membrane, wherein the first isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the first membrane, wherein the second isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the second membrane, and wherein an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the first isolation layer is laterally offset with respect to an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the second isolation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Wolfgang Klein, Evangelos Angelopoulos, Stefan Barzen, Marc Fueldner, Stefan Geissler, Matthias Friedrich Hermann, Ulrich Krumbien, Konstantin Tkachuk, Giordano Tosolini, Juergen Wagner
  • Patent number: 11524891
    Abstract: A microfabricated structure includes a perforated stator; a first isolation layer on a first surface of the perforated stator; a second isolation layer on a second surface of the perforated stator; a first membrane on the first isolation layer; a second membrane on the second isolation layer; and a pillar coupled between the first membrane and the second membrane, wherein the first isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the first membrane, wherein the second isolation layer includes a first tapered edge portion having a common surface with the second membrane, and wherein an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the first isolation layer is laterally offset with respect to an endpoint of the first tapered edge portion of the second isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Klein, Evangelos Angelopoulos, Stefan Barzen, Marc Fueldner, Stefan Geissler, Matthias Friedrich Herrmann, Ulrich Krumbein, Konstantin Tkachuk, Giordano Tosolini, Juergen Wagner
  • Publication number: 20220279270
    Abstract: A MicroElectroMechanical (MEMS) device includes a suspended electrode structure anchored to a substrate, the MEMS device having a MEMS resonance mode, and a Tuned Mass Damping (TMD) structure, wherein a portion of the suspended electrode structure forms a TMD structure having a TMD spring element and a TMD mass element, for providing a TMD resonance mode counteracting the MEMS resonance mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Abidin Güçlü Onaran, Marc Fueldner, Dietmar Straeussnigg
  • Patent number: 11381923
    Abstract: A MEMS transducer includes a first and a second differential MEMS sensor device. The first differential MEMS sensor device includes a first and a second electrode structure for providing a first differential output signal, and a third electrode structure between the first and second electrode structure. The second differential MEMS sensor device includes a first and second electrode structure for providing a second differential output signal, and a third electrode structure between the first and second electrode structure. A biasing circuit provides the third electrode structure of the first differential MEMS sensor device with a first biasing voltage and provides the third electrode structure of the second differential MEMS sensor device with a second biasing voltage. A read-out circuitry combines the first and second differential output signal in an anti-parallel manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Andreas Wiesbauer, Pedro Augusto Borrego Lambin Torres Amaral, Alessandro Caspani, Niccoló De Milleri, Marc Fueldner
  • Publication number: 20220201398
    Abstract: A system includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, and the second membrane comprises a plurality of openings, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, and a plurality of electrodes in the sealed low pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Publication number: 20220194784
    Abstract: A triple-membrane MEMS device includes a first membrane, a second membrane and a third membrane spaced apart from one another, wherein the second membrane is between the first membrane and the third membrane, a sealed low pressure chamber between the first membrane and the third membrane, a first stator and a second stator in the sealed low pressure chamber, and a signal processing circuit configured to read-out output signals of the triple-membrane MEMS device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Andreas Wiesbauer, Athanasios Kollias
  • Patent number: 11180361
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure forming a capacitive sensing arrangement. The MEMS device includes a plurality of anti-stiction bumps arranged between the first electrode structure and the second electrode structure at a corresponding plurality of locations. The plurality of locations being projected into a main surface of the second electrode structure is distributed so as to comprise a first distribution density in a first main surface region of the main surface and so as to comprise second, different distribution density in a second main surface region of the main surface, the second main surface region being delimited from the first main surface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Marc Fueldner, Arnaud Walther
  • Publication number: 20210323813
    Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes a housing with an interior volume, wherein the housing has an access port to the interior volume, a MEMS component in the housing, and a protection structure, which reduces an introduction of electromagnetic disturbance radiation with a wavelength in the range between 10 nm and 20 ?m into the interior volume through the access port and reduces a propagation of the electromagnetic disturbance radiation in the interior volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Gunar Lorenz, Alfons Dehe, Marc Fueldner, Bernd Goller, Ulrich Krumbein, Andreas Wiesbauer
  • Patent number: 11117798
    Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes a housing with an interior volume, wherein the housing has an access port to the interior volume, a MEMS component in the housing, and a protection structure, which reduces an introduction of electromagnetic disturbance radiation with a wavelength in the range between 10 nm and 20 ?m into the interior volume through the access port and reduces a propagation of the electromagnetic disturbance radiation in the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Gunar Lorenz, Alfons Dehe, Marc Fueldner, Bernd Goller, Ulrich Krumbein, Andreas Wiesbauer
  • Patent number: 11115755
    Abstract: For manufacturing a sound transducer structure, membrane support material is applied on a first main surface of a membrane carrier material and membrane material is applied in a sound transducing region and an edge region on a surface of the membrane support material. In addition, counter electrode support material is applied on a surface of the membrane material and recesses are formed in the sound transducing region of the membrane material. Counter electrode material is applied to the counter electrode support material and membrane carrier material and membrane support material are removed in the sound transducing region to the membrane material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stefan Barzen, Marc Fueldner