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公开(公告)号:US11873215B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-16
申请号:US17684317
申请日:2022-03-01
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Marco Del Sarto , Lorenzo Baldo
CPC classification number: B81C1/00325 , B81B3/0018 , B81C99/0005 , B81C2201/112
Abstract: A MEMS device formed by a substrate, having a surface; a MEMS structure arranged on the surface; a first coating region having a first Young's modulus, surrounding the MEMS structure at the top and at the sides and in contact with the surface of the substrate; and a second coating region having a second Young's modulus, surrounding the first coating region at the top and at the sides and in contact with the surface of the substrate. The first Young's modulus is higher than the second Young's modulus.
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公开(公告)号:US11810732B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-07
申请号:US17690869
申请日:2022-03-09
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Gabriele Gattere , Carlo Valzasina
CPC classification number: H01H13/14 , B81B3/0021 , G01L1/162 , H01H13/06 , H10N30/302 , B81B2201/018
Abstract: A button device includes a fixed support structure; a movable structure, laterally surrounded by the support structure and configured to deform at least in part under the action of an external force; and a fluid-tight protection cap. The movable structure includes a piston element, deformable elements having piezoelectric transducers arranged thereon, and anchor elements that couple the piston element to the deformable elements. When an external force acts on the piston element, the anchor elements transfer this force to the deformable elements and to the piezoelectric transducers, so as to sense the extent of this force.
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公开(公告)号:US11560886B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-24
申请号:US16847521
申请日:2020-04-13
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Domenico Giusti , Lorenzo Baldo , Enri Duqi
IPC: F04B43/04 , H01L27/20 , H01L41/047 , H01L41/09 , H01L41/31 , F04B43/02 , F04B45/047
Abstract: A micropump device is formed in a monolithic semiconductor body integrating a plurality of actuator elements arranged side-by-side. Each actuator element has a first chamber extending at a distance from a first face of the monolithic body; a membrane arranged between the first face and the first chamber; a piezoelectric element extending on the first face over the membrane; a second chamber, arranged between the first chamber and a second face of the monolithic body; a fluidic inlet path fluidically connecting the second chamber with the outside of the monolithic body; and a fluid outlet opening extending in a transverse direction in the monolithic body from the second face as far as the second chamber, through the first chamber. The monolithic formation of the actuator elements and the possibility of driving the actuator elements at different voltages enable precise adjustment of flows, from very low values to high values.
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公开(公告)号:US11358862B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16869159
申请日:2020-05-07
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Lorenzo Baldo , Marco Del Sarto , Mikel Azpeitia Urquia
Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical device, comprising a monolithic body of semiconductor material accommodating a first buried cavity; a sensitive region facing the first buried cavity; a second cavity facing the first buried cavity; a decoupling trench extending from the monolithic body and separating the sensitive region from a peripheral portion of the monolithic body; a cap die, forming an ASIC, bonded to and facing the first face of the monolithic body; and a first gap between the cap die and the monolithic body. The device also comprises at least one spacer element between the monolithic body and the cap die; at least one stopper element between the monolithic body and the cap die; and a second gap between the stopper element and one between the monolithic body and the cap die. The second gap is smaller than the first gap.
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公开(公告)号:US20190120710A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-25
申请号:US16220498
申请日:2018-12-14
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Sebastiano Conti , Sonia Costantini
Abstract: A pressure sensor designed to detect a value of ambient pressure of the environment external to the pressure sensor includes: a first substrate having a buried cavity and a membrane suspended over the buried cavity; a second substrate having a recess, hermetically coupled to the first substrate so that the recess defines a sealed cavity the internal pressure value of which provides a pressure-reference value; and a channel formed at least in part in the first substrate and configured to arrange the buried cavity in communication with the environment external to the pressure sensor. The membrane undergoes deflection as a function of a difference of pressure between the pressure-reference value in the sealed cavity and the ambient-pressure value in the buried cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US09975756B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-22
申请号:US15276613
申请日:2016-09-26
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Sebastiano Conti , Lorenzo Baldo , Flavio Francesco Villa
CPC classification number: B81B7/0038 , B81B3/0086 , B81B7/0019 , B81B7/0061 , B81B2201/0264 , B81B2203/0127 , B81B2203/0315 , B81B2207/012 , B81C1/00269
Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical pressure sensor device, formed by a cap region and by a sensor region of semiconductor material. An air gap extends between the sensor region and the cap region; a buried cavity extends underneath the air gap, in the sensor region, and delimits a membrane at the bottom. A through trench extends within the sensor region and laterally delimits a sensitive portion housing the membrane, a supporting portion, and a spring portion, the spring portion connecting the sensitive portion to the supporting portion. A channel extends within the spring portion and connects the buried cavity to a face of the second region. The first air gap is fluidically connected to the outside of the device, and the buried cavity is isolated from the outside via a sealing region arranged between the sensor region and the cap region.
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公开(公告)号:US12117608B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17369145
申请日:2021-07-07
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Roberto Carminati , Nicolo' Boni , Massimiliano Merli , Enri Duqi
CPC classification number: G02B26/101 , G02B1/002 , G02B26/0833 , G02B27/4233
Abstract: A MEMS micromirror device is formed in a package including a containment body and a lid transparent to a light radiation. The package forms a cavity housing a tiltable platform having a reflecting surface. A metastructure is formed on the lid and/or on the reflecting surface and includes a plurality of diffractive optical elements.
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公开(公告)号:US12024422B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US17161367
申请日:2021-01-28
Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Lorenzo Baldo , Domenico Giusti
CPC classification number: B81C1/00238 , B81B7/0051 , B81B7/007 , B81B2201/0235 , B81B2201/0242 , B81B2201/0264 , B81B2203/0118 , B81B2203/0127 , B81B2203/0315 , B81B2207/012 , B81B2207/07 , B81C2201/0133 , B81C2203/032 , B81C2203/035 , B81C2203/0792
Abstract: An integrated device includes: a first die; a second die coupled in a stacked way on the first die along a vertical axis; a coupling region arranged between facing surfaces of the first die and of the second die, which face one another along the vertical axis and lie in a horizontal plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, for mechanical coupling of the first and second dies; electrical-contact elements carried by the facing surfaces of the first and second dies, aligned in pairs along the vertical axis; and conductive regions arranged between the pairs of electrical-contact elements carried by the facing surfaces of the first and second dies, for their electrical coupling. Supporting elements are arranged at the facing surface of at least one of the first and second dies and elastically support respective electrical-contact elements.
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公开(公告)号:US11294168B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-05
申请号:US16985818
申请日:2020-08-05
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Lorenzo Baldo , Roberto Carminati , Flavio Francesco Villa
Abstract: A MEMS micromirror device includes a monolithic body of semiconductor material having a first main surface and a second main surface, with the monolithic body having an opening extending from the second main surface and including a suspended membrane of monocrystalline semiconductor material extending between the opening and the first main surface of the monolithic body. The suspended membrane includes a supporting frame and a mobile mass carried by the supporting frame and rotatable about an axis parallel to the first main surface, with the mobile mass having a width less than a width of the opening. A reflecting region extends over the mobile mass.
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公开(公告)号:US11054327B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US16248415
申请日:2019-01-15
Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Inventor: Enri Duqi , Lorenzo Baldo
IPC: G01L9/00 , G01L27/00 , H01L41/113 , H01L41/187
Abstract: A microelectromechanical pressure sensor includes a monolithic body of semiconductor material having a front surface. A sensing structure is integrated in the monolithic body and has a buried cavity completely contained within the monolithic body at the front surface. A sensing membrane is suspended above the buried cavity and is formed by a surface portion of the monolithic body. Sensing elements of a piezoresistive type are arranged in the sensing membrane to detect a deformation of the sensing membrane as a result of a pressure. The pressure sensor is further provided with a self-test structure integrated within the monolithic body to cause application of a testing deformation of the sensing membrane in order to verify proper operation of the sensing structure.
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