Patents by Inventor Philip Jason Stephanou

Philip Jason Stephanou 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: 20110265566
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for making and using gyroscopes. Such gyroscopes may include a central anchor, a sense frame disposed around the central anchor, a plurality of sense beams configured for connecting the sense frame to the central anchor and a drive frame disposed around and coupled to the sense frame. The gyroscope may include pairs of drive beams disposed on opposing sides of the sense frame. The gyroscope may include a drive frame suspension for substantially restricting a drive motion of the drive frame to that of a substantially linear displacement along the first axis. The sense frame may be substantially decoupled from drive motions of the drive frame. Such devices may be included in a mobile device, such as a mobile display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Cenk Acar, Ravindra Vaman Shenoy, Justin Phelps Black, Kurt Edward Petersen, Srinivasan Kodaganallur Ganapathi, Philip Jason Stephanou
  • Publication number: 20110265565
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for making and using gyroscopes. Some gyroscopes include a drive frame, a central anchor and a plurality of drive beams disposed on opposing sides of the central anchor. The drive beams may connect the drive frame to the central anchor. The drive beams may include a piezoelectric layer and may be configured to cause the drive frame to oscillate torsionally in a plane of the drive beams. The gyroscope may also include a proof mass and a plurality of piezoelectric sense beams. At least some components may be formed from plated metal. The drive frame may be disposed within the proof mass. The drive beams may constrain the drive frame to rotate substantially in the plane of the drive beams. Such devices may be included in a mobile device, such as a mobile display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Cenk Acar, Ravindra Vaman Shenoy, Justin Phelps Black, Kurt Edward Petersen, Srinivasan Kodaganallur Ganapathi, Philip Jason Stephanou
  • Publication number: 20110265564
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for making and using gyroscopes. Such gyroscopes may include a sense frame, a proof mass disposed outside the sense frame, a pair of anchors and a plurality of drive beams. The plurality of drive beams may be disposed on opposing sides of the sense frame and between the pair of anchors. The drive beams may connect the sense frame to the proof mass. The drive beams may be configured to cause torsional oscillations of the proof mass substantially in a first plane of the drive beams. The sense frame may be substantially decoupled from the drive motions of the proof mass. Such devices may be included in a mobile device, such as a mobile display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Cenk Acar, Ravindra Vaman Shenoy, Justin Phelps Black, Kurt Edward Petersen, Srinivasan Kodaganallur Ganapathi, Philip Jason Stephanou