Patents by Inventor Roberto Carminati

Roberto Carminati 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: 20170155879
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a fixed structure and a mobile structure with a reflecting element coupled to the fixed structure through at least a first deformable structure and a second deformable structure. Each of the first and second deformable structures includes a respective number of main piezoelectric elements, with the main piezoelectric elements of the first and second deformable structures configured to be electrically controlled for causing oscillations of the mobile structure about a first axis and a second axis, respectively. The first deformable structure further includes a respective number of secondary piezoelectric elements configured to be controlled so as to vary a first resonance frequency of the mobile structure about the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Domenico Giusti, Roberto Carminati
  • Patent number: 9628919
    Abstract: An assembly of a MEMS sensor device envisages: a first die, integrating a micromechanical detection structure and having an external main face; a second die, integrating an electronic circuit operatively coupled to the micromechanical detection structure, electrically and mechanically coupled to the first die and having a respective external main face. Both of the external main faces of the first die and of the second die are set in direct contact with an environment external to the assembly, without interposition of a package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Sebastiano Conti, Matteo Perletti, Roberto Carminati, Lorenzo Baldo, Alessandro Morcelli
  • Publication number: 20170031153
    Abstract: A mirror micromechanical structure has a mobile mass carrying a mirror element. The mass is drivable in rotation for reflecting an incident light beam with a desired angular range. The mobile mass is suspended above a cavity obtained in a supporting body. The cavity is shaped so that the supporting body does not hinder the reflected light beam within the desired angular range. In particular, the cavity extends as far as a first side edge wall of the supporting body of the mirror micromechanical structure. The cavity is open towards, and in communication with, the outside of the mirror micromechanical structure at the first side edge wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roberto Carminati, Sebastiano Conti, Sonia Constantini
  • Patent number: 9544573
    Abstract: A mirror micromechanical structure has a mobile mass carrying a mirror element. The mass is drivable in rotation for reflecting an incident light beam with a desired angular range. The mobile mass is suspended above a cavity obtained in a supporting body. The cavity is shaped so that the supporting body does not hinder the reflected light beam within the desired angular range. In particular, the cavity extends as far as a first side edge wall of the supporting body of the mirror micromechanical structure. The cavity is open towards, and in communication with, the outside of the mirror micromechanical structure at the first side edge wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roberto Carminati, Sebastiano Conti, Sonia Costantini
  • Publication number: 20160094831
    Abstract: A mirror micromechanical structure has a mobile mass carrying a mirror element. The mass is drivable in rotation for reflecting an incident light beam with a desired angular range. The mobile mass is suspended above a cavity obtained in a supporting body. The cavity is shaped so that the supporting body does not hinder the reflected light beam within the desired angular range. In particular, the cavity extends as far as a first side edge wall of the supporting body of the mirror micromechanical structure. The cavity is open towards, and in communication with, the outside of the mirror micromechanical structure at the first side edge wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roberto Carminati, Sebastiano Conti, Sonia Constantini
  • Publication number: 20150377624
    Abstract: MEMS device having a support region elastically carrying a suspended mass through first elastic elements. A tuned dynamic absorber is elastically coupled to the suspended mass and configured to dampen quadrature forces acting on the suspended mass at the natural oscillation frequency of the dynamic absorber. The tuned dynamic absorber is formed by a damping mass coupled to the suspended mass through second elastic elements. In an embodiment, the suspended mass and the damping mass are formed in a same structural layer, for example of semiconductor material, and the damping mass is surrounded by the suspended mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Luca Giuseppe Falorni, Carlo Valzasina, Roberto Carminati, Alessandro Tocchio
  • Patent number: 9226079
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical sensing structure for a capacitive acoustic transducer, including: a semiconductor substrate; a rigid electrode; and a membrane set between the substrate and the rigid electrode, the membrane having a first surface and a second surface, which are in fluid communication, respectively, with a first chamber and a second chamber, respectively, the first chamber being delimited at least in part by a first wall portion and a second wall portion formed at least in part by the substrate, the second chamber being delimited at least in part by the rigid electrode, the membrane being moreover designed to undergo deformation following upon incidence of pressure waves and facing the rigid electrode so as to form a sensing capacitor having a capacitance that varies as a function of the deformation of the membrane. The structure moreover includes a beam, which is connected to the first and second wall portions and is designed to limit the oscillations of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandra Sciutti, Matteo Perletti, Sebastiano Conti, Roberto Carminati
  • Publication number: 20150217990
    Abstract: The MEMS device has a suspended mass supported via a pair of articulation arms by a supporting region. An electrostatic driving system, coupled to the articulation arms, has mobile electrodes and fixed electrodes that are coupled to each other. The electrostatic driving system is formed by two pairs of actuation assemblies, arranged on opposite sides of a respective articulation arm and connected to the articulation arm through connection elements. Each actuation assembly extends laterally to the suspended mass and has an auxiliary arm carrying a respective plurality of mobile electrodes. Each auxiliary arm is parallel to the articulation arms. The connection elements may be rigid or formed by linkages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Roberto Carminati, Sebastiano Conti
  • Publication number: 20140353780
    Abstract: A micromechanical structure for a MEMS capacitive acoustic transducer, has: a substrate of semiconductor material; a rigid electrode, at least in part of conductive material, coupled to the substrate; a membrane, at least in part of conductive material, facing the rigid electrode and coupled to the substrate, which undergoes deformation in the presence of incident acoustic pressure waves and is arranged between the substrate and the rigid electrode and has a first surface and a second surface, in fluid communication, respectively, with a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber being delimited at least in part by a first wall portion and by a second wall portion formed by the substrate, and the second chamber being delimited at least in part by the rigid electrode; and a stopper element, connected between the first and second wall portions for limiting the deformations of the membrane. At least one electrode-anchorage element couples the rigid electrode to the stopper element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Matteo Perletti, Sebastiano Conti, Roberto Carminati, Marcella Capezzuto
  • Publication number: 20140319630
    Abstract: An assembly of a MEMS sensor device envisages: a first die, integrating a micromechanical detection structure and having an external main face; a second die, integrating an electronic circuit operatively coupled to the micromechanical detection structure, electrically and mechanically coupled to the first die and having a respective external main face. Both of the external main faces of the first die and of the second die are set in direct contact with an environment external to the assembly, without interposition of a package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Sebastiano Conti, Matteo Perletti, Roberto Carminati, Lorenzo Baldo, Alessandro Morcelli
  • Publication number: 20140286509
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical sensing structure for a capacitive acoustic transducer, including: a semiconductor substrate; a rigid electrode; and a membrane set between the substrate and the rigid electrode, the membrane having a first surface and a second surface, which are in fluid communication, respectively, with a first chamber and a second chamber, respectively, the first chamber being delimited at least in part by a first wall portion and a second wall portion formed at least in part by the substrate, the second chamber being delimited at least in part by the rigid electrode, the membrane being moreover designed to undergo deformation following upon incidence of pressure waves and facing the rigid electrode so as to form a sensing capacitor having a capacitance that varies as a function of the deformation of the membrane. The structure moreover includes a beam, which is connected to the first and second wall portions and is designed to limit the oscillations of the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandra Sciutti, Matteo Perletti, Sebastiano Conti, Roberto Carminati
  • Publication number: 20140198366
    Abstract: A mirror micromechanical structure has a mobile mass carrying a mirror element. The mass is drivable in rotation for reflecting an incident light beam with a desired angular range. The mobile mass is suspended above a cavity obtained in a supporting body. The cavity is shaped so that the supporting body does not hinder the reflected light beam within the desired angular range. In particular, the cavity extends as far as a first side edge wall of the supporting body of the mirror micromechanical structure. The cavity is open towards, and in communication with, the outside of the mirror micromechanical structure at the first side edge wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Roberto Carminati, Sebastiano Conti, Sonia Costantini