Patents by Inventor Veronica Tan
Veronica Tan 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: 20240391756Abstract: An MEMS sensor and a method therefor. The MEMS sensor includes a buried electrode layer; a top electrode layer spaced from the buried electrode layer, a cavity being formed between the buried electrode layer and the top electrode layer; and a device layer received the cavity. The device layer includes movable mass blocks spaced from one another, each of which is supported on the buried electrode layer through a respective anchor portion, a preset gap is formed between each movable mass block and the top electrode layer, and the preset gap formed by one of the movable mass blocks is different from the preset gap formed by another one of the movable mass blocks. This structure allows for greater flexibility in design and provides higher sensitivity and larger actuation force on the sensor, and die size reduction is achieved while achieving more complex designs with higher accuracy and miniaturization.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: ZaiXiang Pua, Veronica Tan, Kahkeen Lai, Houming Chong, Zhan Zhan
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Publication number: 20240369362Abstract: Provided are a micromechanical gyroscope and an electronic product. The micromechanical gyroscope includes a first mass, a plurality of second masses, a plurality of first flexible beams and a plurality of second flexible beams. The first mass is provided with a mounting area, the plurality of second masses are distributed in a first direction, and the plurality of drivers are distributed in first direction and disposed on two opposite sides of the plurality of second masses in first direction. The plurality of drivers and the plurality of second masses are all located within the mounting area, and the first mass surrounds outer sides of the plurality of drivers and outer sides of the plurality of second masses. With the micromechanical gyroscope and the electronic product, the coriolis conversion rate of the first mass 1 can be improved, and the utilization of a chip area can be maximized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Zhao Ma, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Veronica Tan, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai
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Patent number: 12130139Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope for three-axis detection relates to the technical field of gyroscope and includes a substrate, a sensing unit elastically connected with the substrate, and a driving unit coupled with the sensing unit and driving the sensing unit to move. The substrate includes anchor point structures respectively located at four corners of the substrate and four coupling structures respectively elastically connected with the four anchor point structures. An avoiding space is formed between two adjacent coupling structures. The driving unit includes two driving pieces separately elastically connected with adjacent coupling structures. The two driving pieces are symmetrically arranged and are frame-shaped. The sensing unit includes four X and Y mass blocks, two Z mass blocks elastically connected with the driving pieces, and two decoupling mass blocks. The two decoupling mass blocks are elastically connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTDInventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
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Publication number: 20240345127Abstract: The present invention relates to an accelerometer, which comprises a substrate and detecting devices. The substrate is provided with supporting anchor points and electrode fixing anchor points; the detecting device comprises two detecting plates and corresponding detecting electrodes, and the detecting electrodes are connected to the electrode fixing anchor points through connecting arms; the detecting plate is elastically connected to the supporting anchor point, the two detecting plates are asymmetrically arranged with respect to axes of the supporting anchor points, and the two detecting plates are parallel to each other and in opposite directions; and the detecting electrodes and the detecting plates are arranged at intervals to form a detecting capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Shitao Yan, Xiao Kan, Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Kahkeen Lai, Hongtao Peng, Houming Chong, Zaixiang Pua
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Patent number: 12117293Abstract: A micromechanical gyroscope and an electronic device are related. The micromechanical gyroscope includes a first movement member, a second movement member, many drive members and a detection member, the first movement member has a first center, with two ends along a second direction oscillating around the first center along a first and a third directions, the second movement member has a second center, with two ends along the first direction oscillating around the second center along the second and third directions. The drive members can drive oscillations of the first and second movement members. The detection member is located above or below the first and second movement members in the third direction, to detect moving distances of the first and second movement members along the third direction. The micromechanical gyroscope can detect angular velocities in two directions simultaneously and perform differential detection to reduce errors, thus expanding application scenarios.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTDInventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Xiao Kan, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
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Publication number: 20240337490Abstract: The present invention provides a dual-axis gyroscope and an electronic device. The dual-axis gyroscope comprises first mass blocks, second mass blocks, a driving unit and a detecting unit. Tightly coupled connections are formed between adjacent first mass blocks, and between adjacent second mass blocks, thus improving the accuracy of displacement ratios of the first mass blocks and the second mass blocks, and enhancing the operational accuracy and stability of the dual-axis gyroscope. Furthermore, the requirement for the machining precision of the first mass blocks and the second mass blocks is reduced, thus lowering the manufacturing cost of the dual-axis gyroscope and the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Shan Yang, Xiao Kan, Zhan Zhan, Shitao Yan, Zhao Ma, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Kahkeen Lai, Zaixiang Pua, Houming Chong
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Publication number: 20240336474Abstract: A MEMS device and a method for manufacturing the MEMS device are provided. The MEMS device includes a cap sheet and a device sheet. The device sheet includes a silicon substrate, at least two device structure layers, and at least one conductive structure layer, and each two adjacent device structure layers are coupled via a corresponding conductive structure layer. The device sheet defines a functional cavity having a first region, a second region, and a third region. The at least two device structure layers and the at least one conductive structure layer each are across the first region, the second region, and the third region, and the at least two device structure layers and the at least one conductive structure layer cooperatively form a first movable structure in the first region, define an anchor point in the second region, and form a second movable structure in the third region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Houming Chong, Veronica Tan, Zaixiang Pua, Kahkeen Lai, Zhan Zhan
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Patent number: 12104905Abstract: The invention provides a micromachined gyroscope. The micromachined gyroscope includes a driving structure, a detection structure and a connection component. The driving structure includes a first moving component and a driving component. The driving component is used to drive the movement of the first moving component. The detection structure includes a second moving component and a detection component installed in the second moving component. The detection component is used to detect the movement distance of the second moving component along the third or fourth direction. The driving component is installed inside the first moving component, and the detection component is installed inside the second moving component. Greater drive of amplitude can be achieved at the same drive voltage, thereby increasing the sensitivity of the micromachined gyroscope.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhao Ma, Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Shitao Yan, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
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Publication number: 20240310407Abstract: An accelerometer includes a substrate. The substrate includes anchor points. An external coupling unit is annular and is parallel to the substrate. A first torsion plate is disposed on an inner side of the external coupling unit and is connected to the anchor points. Inner coupling beams are disposed on a side, close to the anchor points, of the first torsion plate. A second torsion plate is disposed on the inner side of the external coupling unit and is connected to the anchor points, the second torsion plate is connected to the first torsion plate through two of the inner coupling beams, the second torsion plate and the first torsion plate are mutually embedded, the first torsion plate and the second torsion plate are symmetrical about a first axis of symmetry. The accelerometer reduces cross coupling reduced, and accuracy and anti-interference performance of the accelerometer are improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Shitao Yan, Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Kahkeen Lai, Hongtao Peng, Houming Chong, Zaixiang Pua
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Publication number: 20240271933Abstract: The present disclosure provides a micro-mechanical gyroscope and an electronic product. The micro-mechanical gyroscope includes a plurality of first mass blocks, a plurality of second mass blocks, a plurality of driving members, first connecting beams and second connecting beams. The first mass blocks are arranged to face to each other in a first direction, and the second mass blocks are arranged between the first mass blocks and arranged to face to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. In the second direction, the driving members are arranged on either sides of the first mass blocks and of the second mass blocks. Ends of the first mass blocks in the second direction are connected to driving members, respectively, through the first connecting beams, and the second mass blocks are connected to adjacent driving members, respectively, through the second connecting beams 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Zhao Ma, Shitao Yan, Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Kahkeen Lai
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Publication number: 20240271932Abstract: The present invention provides an MEMS gyroscope and an electronic product. The MEMS gyroscope comprises a plurality of first mass blocks, a second mass block and coupling parts, wherein the plurality of first mass blocks are located at two opposite sides of the second mass block in a first direction; and each coupling part comprises a coupling link and a plurality of connecting beams connected to two ends of the coupling link, the connecting beams are flexible beams, and the coupling part is positioned between the first mass blocks and the second mass block and connects the first mass blocks with the second mass block. Through the arrangement of the coupling links, strong coupling can be realized between the first mass blocks and the second mass block, so that the anti-interference performance of the MEMS gyroscope is enhanced during work and the working stability is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Shan Yang, Xiao Kan, Zhan Zhan, Shitao Yan, Zhao Ma, Hongtao Peng, Houming Chong, Zaixiang Pua, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yang Li
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Publication number: 20240271934Abstract: The present disclosure provides a micro-mechanical gyroscope and an electronic product. The micro-mechanical gyroscope includes first mass blocks, second mass blocks, a first driving member, a second driving member, first coupling components and second coupling components. The second mass blocks, the first driving member and the second driving member are arranged between the first mass blocks. The second mass blocks are arranged on either sides of the first second driving members. A first mass block arranged on a side of the first driving member is connected to the first driving member through a first coupling component, and a first mass block arranged on a side of the second driving member is connected to the second driving member through a first coupling component. Ends of the second mass block in the first direction are connected to the first driving member and the second driving member, respectively, through the second coupling components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Shitao Yan, Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Kahkeen Lai
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Patent number: 12050105Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope includes an anchor point, a resonator, and a transducer. The resonator includes eight resonating blocks arranged at equal intervals and a coupling beam connecting each two adjacent resonating blocks. The resonating blocks are connected with the anchor point through anchoring beams. The anchoring beams decouple radial motion and circumferential motion of the resonating blocks. The resonating blocks include first resonating blocks, second resonating blocks, third resonating blocks, and fourth resonating blocks. In a vibration mode, the transducer drives the first and second resonating blocks to vibrate along a first axis and a second axis respectively, so the third and fourth resonating blocks are driven to vibrate along the fourth axis and the third axis respectively. In a detection mode, the transducer detects vibration of the third resonating blocks along the third axis and the vibration of the fourth resonating blocks along the fourth axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTDInventors: Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Shitao Yan, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Yan Hong, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
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Patent number: 12050104Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope includes an anchor point, at least two driving structures connected with the anchor point; a mass group connected with the driving structures, and coupling beams connected with adjacent driving structures. The mass group includes two detecting components arranged on opposite sides of the driving structures and connected with the driving structures. Each of the detecting components includes two mass blocks arranged at intervals and detecting transducers arranged below or above the mass blocks. The mass blocks are connected with the driving structures. At least portions of the mass blocks extend to outsides of the driving structures. The mass blocks and the detecting transducers are symmetrically arranged, which is convenient for realizing differential detection. In an out-plane oscillation mode, most portions of the mass blocks sense an angular velocity.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTDInventors: Xiao Kan, Zhan Zhan, Zhao Ma, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong
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Patent number: 12038282Abstract: A MEMS single-axis gyroscope includes an anchor point structure, a sensing unit elastically connected with the anchor point structure, and a driving decoupling structure elastically connected with the anchor point structure and the sensing unit. The sensing unit includes a plurality of mass blocks arranged side by side and rocker connecting pieces. Each of the rocker connecting pieces is connected between corresponding two adjacent mass blocks. Connecting positions between each of the rocker connecting pieces and the corresponding two adjacent mass blocks are located on a same side of the line connecting the centers of the plurality of mass blocks. The MEMS single-axis gyroscope is able to perform differential detection, which resists interference of external electrical and mechanical noise, and improves a signal-to-noise ratio. By adjusting the rocker connecting pieces arranged between each two adjacent mass blocks, a total vector displacement of the plurality of mass blocks is zero.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTDInventors: Shan Yang, Hongtao Peng, Zhan Zhan, Shitao Yan, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
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Patent number: 12013414Abstract: A MEMS accelerometer includes a base, proof mass, at least one pair of seesaw structures, and an out-of-plane displacement detection component. The at least one pair of the seesaw structures are oppositely disposed and fixed on the base through anchor points, and the out-of-plane displacement detection component is configured to detect rotation of the at least one pair of the seesaw structures or out-of-plane linear motion of the proof mass. Linear displacement of the MEMS accelerometer is not only beneficial to improve linearity of a capacitive displacement detection, but also to other non-capacitive detection methods, such as optical displacement detection. In addition, a double coupling structure is adopted to jointly couple rotation of seesaws, and remaining translational and rotational modes of the seesaw structures are suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTDInventors: Shitao Yan, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Veronica Tan, Yan Hong, Kahkeen Lai
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Patent number: 12013240Abstract: A MEMS gyroscope includes an anchor point unit, a sensing unit elastically connected with the anchor point unit, and a driving unit elastically connected with the anchor point unit and the sensing unit. The anchor point unit includes four corner anchor point structures arranged at four corners of the MEMS gyroscope and four central anchor points. The sensing unit includes four first mass blocks elastically connected with the corner anchor point structures and the central anchor points to form avoiding spaces, four second mass blocks arranged within the avoiding spaces, and four decoupling mass blocks. The driving unit includes four driving pieces respectively connected with outer sides of the second mass blocks. The MEMS gyroscope realizes independent detection of angular velocities of three axes and realizes differential detection and balance of vibration moment, which immune to influence of acceleration shock and quadrature error and improves detection accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: AAC KAITAI TECHNOLOGIES (WUHAN) CO., LTDInventors: Zhao Ma, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Shitao Yan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
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Publication number: 20240142234Abstract: The present invention provides a multimass MEMS gyroscope featuring an orthogonal arrangement, which comprises an anchor point unit, a sensing unit and a driving unit; the anchor point unit comprises a central anchor point subunit located at the center of a rectangle and four corner anchor points located at the four corners of the rectangle respectively; the sensing unit comprises four detection mass blocks each of which has a frame structure and is elastically connected between the central anchor point subunit and the corresponding corner anchor point, receding spaces being formed between the detection mass blocks, and four detection decoupling parts; and the driving unit comprises four driving mass blocks, and driving decoupling parts. The gyroscope can improve the arrangement area of transducers and reduce the mass of the detection mass blocks to improve the Coriolis gain, thereby improving the mechanical sensitivity of the gyroscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Zhao Ma, Shan Yang, Zhan Zhan, Shitao Yan, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
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Publication number: 20240110938Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitive micromechanical acceleromete. The capacitive micromechanical acceleromete includes a base with anchor points, at least one detection structure pair arranged on one side of the base and elastically connected to the anchor points, and a detection electrode spaced apart from each detection structure pair. Each detection structure pair includes two seesaw structures elastically connected to the base respectively. The seesaw structures are asymmetric about a rotation axis where the anchor points are located; asymmetric portions of the two seesaw structures are reversed and parallel. In a detection modality, changing directions of spacings formed between the two seesaw structures and the detection electrode are opposite. The capacitive micromechanical acceleromete can reduce the impact of the noise of the angular acceleration of the external rotation or the stress and other external factors on the detection of the accelerometer, and improving the detection accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Shitao Yan, Zhan Zhan, Shan Yang, Zhao Ma, Xiao Kan, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan
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Publication number: 20240093996Abstract: Provided is a fully decoupled MEMS gyroscope, including an anchor point unit, a sensing unit elastically connected to the anchor point unit, and a driving unit configured to drive the sensing unit to move. The anchor point unit includes a center anchor point subunit located at a center of a rectangle and four side anchor points. The driving unit includes four driving members located on four sides of the rectangle. The sensing unit includes two X mass blocks symmetrically arranged in two avoiding intervals, two Y mass blocks symmetrically arranged in the other two avoiding intervals, four Z mass blocks respectively located at an outer side of each driving member, and four Z detection decoupling members respectively located at an outer side of each Z mass block. The X mass blocks and the Y mass blocks are respectively connected to each side anchor point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Zhao Ma, Shitao Yan, Zhan Zhan, Xiao Kan, Shan Yang, Hongtao Peng, Yang Li, Kahkeen Lai, Veronica Tan