Patents by Inventor Martin Wilfried HELLER
Martin Wilfried HELLER 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).
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Publication number: 20250026632Abstract: Provided is a MEMS device including a substrate, a recessed portion, and a sensor unit positioned in the recessed portion, in which the sensor unit includes a first drive frame, a second drive frame, a first detection frame, a second detection frame, a first fixation frame, a second fixation frame, a first excitation unit, a second excitation unit, a first movable electrode, a second movable electrode, a first fixation electrode, a second fixation electrode, a third fixation electrode, and a fourth fixation electrode, in which each of the first fixation electrode and the second fixation electrode is coupled to the first fixation frame through an isolation joint, the isolation joint being configured to electrically insulate and mechanically couple two members, and each of the third fixation electrode and the fourth fixation electrode is coupled to the second fixation frame through the isolation joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventor: Martin Wilfried Heller
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Publication number: 20250019226Abstract: A MEMS device includes a substrate and a MEMS electrode. The MEMS electrode includes a movable electrode finger relatively movable with respect to the substrate, a fixed electrode finger disposed at an interval from the movable electrode finger, and a beam portion cantilevered on the substrate and connecting the fixed electrode finger to the substrate. The beam portion includes a first portion having a first thermal expansion coefficient and a second portion disposed adjacent to the first portion and having a second thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient. The beam portion is deformed due to a difference between thermal stress generated in the first portion and thermal stress generated in the second portion, and the interval is narrowed due to deformation of the beam portion as compared with an interval formed before the deformation of the beam portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Toma FUJITA, Martin Wilfried HELLER
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Publication number: 20250011159Abstract: An acceleration sensor includes a device-side substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface facing the first main surface, a recessed portion recessed from the first main surface toward the second main surface side, a MEMS electrode that is provided in the recessed portion, includes a fixed electrode having a first fixed electrode and a second fixed electrode electrically insulated from the first fixed electrode, and a movable electrode having a first movable electrode and a second movable electrode electrically insulated from the first movable electrode, and constitutes a differential circuit, and an isolation joint that mechanically connects the first movable electrode and the second movable electrode while electrically insulating the first movable electrode and the second movable electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Toma FUJITA
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Publication number: 20240400374Abstract: The MEMS device includes a device wafer having a first principal surface and a second principal surface that is on the opposite side of to the first principal surface, a cap wafer facing the first principal surface of the device wafer, and a bonding layer bonding the device wafer and the cap wafer. The device wafer includes a device substrate having a cavity recessed in the Z direction from the first principal surface toward the second principal surface, a sensor unit that is positioned in the cavity and includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode facing the fixed electrode, and a bump stopper that is disposed on a surface of the movable electrode, the surface being a surface on the side of the first principal surface, and that restricts displacement of the movable electrode in a direction moving closer to the cap wafer in the Z direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Toma FUJITA, Martin Wilfried HELLER, Naoki IZUMI
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Publication number: 20240327198Abstract: An acceleration detection device includes: a substrate including cavity; an anchor mechanically connected to the substrate inside the cavity; a spring mechanically connected to the anchor; a mass mechanically connected to the spring; a first movable electrode mechanically connected to and electrically insulated from the mass; a first fixed electrode mechanically connected to and electrically insulated from the substrate; a pair of second movable electrodes facing each other by being mechanically connected to and electrically insulated from the mass; and a second fixed electrode mechanically connected to and electrically insulated from the substrate to be interposed between the pair of second movable electrodes, the second fixed electrode generating an electrostatic force between the pair of second movable electrodes and the second fixed electrode when a voltage is applied to each of the pair of second movable electrodes and the second fixed electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Toma FUJITA
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Publication number: 20240317579Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes a bond portion in which a metal structure in a device substrate and a metal laminate are eutectically bonded. The bond portion bonds the device substrate and a lid substrate. The metal laminate is located on a main surface of the lid substrate and facing an exposed portion in the metal structure. The metal laminate includes a first metal and a second metal different from the first metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke KAMINISHI, Martin Wilfried HELLER, Toma FUJITA
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Publication number: 20240317574Abstract: A MEMS device includes: a substrate including a silicon layer; an isolation joint configured to divide the substrate into a first portion including an insulating layer formed on the silicon layer and a second portion including the silicon layer in a plan view, and configured to electrically insulate the first portion and the second portion while mechanically connecting the first portion and the second portion; and a wiring layer arranged on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Hiroki MIYABUCHI
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Publication number: 20240308841Abstract: The present disclosure provides a MEMS device including a device wafer, a cap wafer and a bonding layer. The device wafer includes: a device substrate, having a first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and a cavity recessed along a first direction from the first main surface toward the second main surface; a sensor unit, located within the cavity and mechanically connected to and electrically insulated from the device substrate by a single anchor; and a device wiring, electrically coupled to the sensor unit. The cap wafer includes: a cap substrate, facing the device wafer from a side of the first main surface; and a cap wiring, electrically coupled to the device wiring. The bonding layer bonds the device wafer with the cap wafer, and the device wiring is directly connected to the bonding layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Toma FUJITA, Martin Wilfried HELLER, Daisuke KAMINISHI, Naoki IZUMI
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Publication number: 20240208804Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes: a first substrate; and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, wherein at least one space, in which at least one sensor element is arranged, is formed inside at least one bonding portion where the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded, wherein at least one communication path communicating the space with outside of the bonding portion is formed in the first substrate, wherein the communication path includes an inner opening opened toward inside of the bonding portion, an outer opening opened toward outside of the bonding portion, and a tubular portion connecting the inner opening and the outer opening, and wherein the outer opening is closed by a sealing layer sealing the outer opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Toma FUJITA
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Publication number: 20240092632Abstract: The present disclosure provides a MEMS device. The MEMS device includes: a substrate; a recess, disposed in the substrate; a movable portion, hollowly supported in the recess; and an isolation joint, inserted into a predetermined position of the movable portion and electrically insulating both sides of the movable portion. A shortest distance between a bottom of the recess and the movable portion is less than a distance between the bottom of the recess and the isolation joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Daisuke KAMINISHI
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Publication number: 20240053377Abstract: An acceleration sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes: a first anchor region provided on a partial region of a bottom surface of a first substrate cavity; a first anchor protruding from the first anchor region toward the second substrate along a first direction; a spring extending from the first anchor in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a movable electrode mechanically connected to and electrically insulated from the spring, and configured to be displaced in the first direction, and wherein the second substrate includes: a second anchor region provided on a partial region of a bottom surface of a second substrate cavity; a second anchor protruding from the second anchor region toward the first substrate along the first direction; and a fixed electrode mechanically fixed to the second anchor and facing the movable electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventor: Martin Wilfried HELLER
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Publication number: 20240017989Abstract: A MEMS device includes a substrate which has a first main surface and a second main surface facing the first main surface, and in which a silicon substrate, a silicon carbide layer having conductivity, and a silicon layer are sequentially stacked from a second main surface side toward a first main surface side, a cavity recessed over the silicon layer, the silicon carbide layer, and the silicon substrate from the first main surface of the substrate to the second main surface side of the substrate, a MEMS electrode which is arranged in the cavity, is composed of the silicon layer and the silicon carbide layer, and is spaced apart from a bottom surface of the cavity to the first main surface side, and an isolation joint which divides the MEMS electrode in a plan view and mechanically connects and electrically isolates both sides of the divided MEMS electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventor: Martin Wilfried HELLER
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Publication number: 20230417613Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a substrate having first and second main surfaces and having a thickness in first direction; a first chamber recessed from the first main surface in the first direction with respect to the substrate; a second chamber recessed from the first main surface in the first direction with respect to the substrate and adjacent to the first chamber in second direction; a fluid passage recessed from the first main surface in the first direction with respect to the substrate and causing the first chamber to be in fluid communication with an outside; a closing layer laminated on the first main surface of the substrate and closing openings of the first chamber and the second chamber; and a membrane partitioned by the first and second chambers in the second direction and extending in a plane parallel to the first direction and a third direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Toma FUJITA
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Publication number: 20230382717Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes a semiconductor chip that has a first principal surface and a second principal surface and that has a cavity, a frame portion that forms a bottom portion and a side portion of the cavity, and a movable portion that is formed on the side of the first principal surface and that is supported by the frame portion in a floating state with respect to the cavity, and, in the MEMS sensor, the frame portion has a stepped surface formed at a height position between the bottom portion of the cavity and the first principal surface, and the movable portion includes a main body portion facing the cavity in a first direction and an extension portion that extends from the main body portion toward an upper region of the stepped surface in a second direction and that faces the stepped surface in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventor: Martin Wilfried HELLER
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Publication number: 20230324243Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a substrate; a cavity provided in the substrate; a cap provided on the substrate and configured to seal the cavity; and a pressure conduit passing through the substrate and held in a hollow inside the cavity, wherein the pressure conduit includes a tubular insulating layer and a piezoelectric material layer, which is provided on an inner surface of the insulating layer and has a hollow portion therein, wherein the pressure conduit has one end closed in an inside of the cavity and the other end opened toward an outside of the substrate, and wherein the pressure sensor detects deformation of the pressure conduit due to a pressure difference between the outside of the substrate and the inside of the cavity as a change in voltage of the piezoelectric material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Nobuhisa YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20230257258Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a sensor structure body, a gas conduit that extends from a surface of the sensor structure body toward a hollow space in the sensor structure body to introduce a gas into the hollow space from outside, a pressure sensor that is formed inside the sensor structure body and has a membrane which is able to vibrate by actions of the gas, an acceleration sensor that is formed inside the sensor structure body to detect an acceleration that has acted on the sensor structure body, and a sealing resin that covers the sensor structure body, in which the gas conduit includes an inner end portion on the hollow space side and an outer end portion on the end surface side of the sensor structure body, and the outer end portion of the gas conduit is opened on an end surface of the sealing resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Wilfried HELLER, Toma FUJITA
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Publication number: 20230166964Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes: a conductive device-side substrate including cavity in thickness direction thereof; a MEMS electrode arranged in the cavity; a support extending in first direction toward the MEMS electrode from peripheral wall of the cavity and connected to and support the MEMS electrode; and an isolator traversing the support in second direction in plan view to isolate the support into a first support on the side of the MEMS electrode and a second support on the side of the device-side substrate to be electrically insulated from each other in the first direction, wherein the isolator includes: a trench recessed in the thickness direction with respect to the device-side substrate; insulating layers formed on inner wall surfaces of the trench; and joining layers formed on the insulating layers and including portions facing each other and at least partially joined to each other in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhisa YAMASHITA, Toma FUJITA, Martin Wilfried HELLER
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Publication number: 20230166967Abstract: A MEMS sensor includes: a first substrate having a cavity partially exposed on the surface of the first substrate; an electrode of a sensor element provided on the first substrate and arranged in the cavity; a support portion provided on the first substrate and configured to support the electrode; an element isolation portion formed on the first substrate so as to cover the support portion and configured to electrically isolate the electrode and the support portion from each other; an epitaxial growth layer formed on the electrode and the element isolation portion of the first substrate; and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate and configured to cover the sensor element, wherein the epitaxial growth layer has a monocrystalline portion arranged on the electrode and a polycrystalline portion arranged on the element isolation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke KAMINISHI, Martin Wilfried HELLER, Toma FUJITA