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公开(公告)号:US12166453B1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-10
申请号:US18210371
申请日:2023-06-15
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Aaron Partridge , Sassan Tabatabaei , Lijun Chen , Kamran Souri
IPC: H03B5/36 , G01C19/56 , G01C19/5726 , H03F3/04 , H03F3/70
Abstract: An oscillator includes a resonator, sustaining circuit and detector circuit. The sustaining circuit receives a sense signal indicative of mechanically resonant motion of the resonator generates an amplified output signal in response. The detector circuit asserts, at a predetermined phase of the amplified output signal, one or more control signals that enable an offset-reducing operation with respect to the sustaining amplifier circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US11871369B1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17532100
申请日:2021-11-22
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Markus Lutz , Sassan Tabatabaei , Charles I. Grosjean , Paul M. Hagelin , Aaron Partridge
CPC classification number: H04W56/0015 , B81B7/02 , G06F7/582 , H04W40/244 , H04W88/085
Abstract: In various time-transfer systems, one or more fixed-position time beacons broadcast radio-frequency (RF) time-transfer messages to time-keeping modules disposed in remote radio heads and other strategic locations to achieve highly reliable and accurate synchronized time, phase, and frequency transfer over a metropolitan or other wide-field area.
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公开(公告)号:US20230391611A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-07
申请号:US18206520
申请日:2023-06-06
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Pavan Gupta , Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz
IPC: B81B7/00 , B81C1/00 , H10N30/30 , H01L23/34 , H01L23/498
CPC classification number: B81B7/0083 , B81C1/0023 , H10N30/302 , H01L23/34 , H01L23/498 , B81B7/007 , B81C1/00301 , B81B7/0077 , B81C1/00333 , B81C1/00341 , H01L2924/181 , H01L2224/48247 , H01L2924/01019 , H01L2224/48091 , H01L2224/73265 , H01L2924/1461 , B81B2201/0271 , B81C2203/0154 , H01L23/3107
Abstract: A low-profile packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system includes an electrical lead having internal and external electrical contact surfaces at respective first and second heights within a cross-sectional profile of the packaging structure and a die-mounting surface at an intermediate height between the first and second heights. A resonator-control chip is mounted to the die-mounting surface of the electrical lead such that at least a portion of the resonator-control chip is disposed between the first and second heights and wire-bonded to the internal electrical contact surface of the electrical lead. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the resonator-control chip in a stacked die configuration and the MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and internal electrical contact and die-mounting surfaces of the electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes the external electrical contact surface of the electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11374535B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-28
申请号:US16699270
申请日:2019-11-29
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Carl Arft , Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz , Charles I. Grosjean
Abstract: One or more heating elements are provided to heat a MEMS component (such as a resonator) to a temperature higher than an ambient temperature range in which the MEMS component is intended to operate—in effect, heating the MEMS component and optionally related circuitry to a steady-state “oven” temperature above that which would occur naturally during component operation and thereby avoiding temperature-dependent performance variance/instability (frequency, voltage, propagation delay, etc.). In a number of embodiments, an IC package is implemented with distinct temperature-isolated and temperature-interfaced regions, the former bearing or housing the MEMS component and subject to heating (i.e., to oven temperature) by the one or more heating elements while the latter is provided with (e.g., disposed adjacent) one or more heat dissipation paths to discharge heat generated by transistor circuitry (i.e., expel heat from the integrated circuit package).
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公开(公告)号:US20200186084A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-11
申请号:US16699270
申请日:2019-11-29
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Carl Arft , Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz , Charles I. Grosjean
Abstract: One or more heating elements are provided to heat a MEMS component (such as a resonator) to a temperature higher than an ambient temperature range in which the MEMS component is intended to operate—in effect, heating the MEMS component and optionally related circuitry to a steady-state “oven” temperature above that which would occur naturally during component operation and thereby avoiding temperature-dependent performance variance/instability (frequency, voltage, propagation delay, etc.). In a number of embodiments, an IC package is implemented with distinct temperature-isolated and temperature-interfaced regions, the former bearing or housing the MEMS component and subject to heating (i.e., to oven temperature) by the one or more heating elements while the latter is provided with (e.g., disposed adjacent) one or more heat dissipation paths to discharge heat generated by transistor circuitry (i.e., expel heat from the integrated circuit package).
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公开(公告)号:US09774313B1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-26
申请号:US14569538
申请日:2014-12-12
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Charles I. Grosjean , Ginel C. Hill , Paul M. Hagelin , Renata Melamud Berger , Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz
CPC classification number: H03H9/2457 , B81C1/0069 , H03H3/0072 , H03H3/0076 , H03H9/1057
Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a substrate having a substantially planar surface and a resonant member having sidewalls disposed in a nominally perpendicular orientation with respect to the planar surface. Impurity dopant is introduced via the sidewalls of the resonant member such that a non-uniform dopant concentration profile is established along axis extending between the sidewalls parallel to the substrate surface and exhibits a relative minimum concentration in a middle region of the axis.
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公开(公告)号:US09758371B2
公开(公告)日:2017-09-12
申请号:US15242437
申请日:2016-08-19
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz , Pavan Gupta
IPC: H01L23/051 , B81C1/00 , B81B7/00 , H01L41/113
CPC classification number: B81C1/00277 , B81B7/0035 , B81B7/0058 , B81B7/007 , B81B2201/0271 , B81B2203/0315 , B81B2203/04 , B81B2207/07 , B81C1/00269 , B81C1/00301 , B81C2201/0171 , B81C2203/031 , B81C2203/036 , B81C2203/037 , B81C2203/038 , H01L23/051 , H01L41/1136 , H01L2924/0002 , H01L2924/00
Abstract: A semiconductor layer having an opening and a MEMS resonator formed in the opening is disposed between first and second substrates to encapsulate the MEMS resonator. An electrical contact that extends from the opening to an exterior of the MEMS device is formed at least in part within the semiconductor layer and at least in part within the first substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US09667223B1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-30
申请号:US14940069
申请日:2015-11-12
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: David Raymond Pedersen , Aaron Partridge , Thor Juneau
CPC classification number: H03H9/2405 , H03H3/0072 , H03H9/02259 , H03H9/02433 , H03H9/2457 , H03H9/2468 , H03H2009/02456 , H03H2009/02496
Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a resonant semiconductor structure, drive electrode, sense electrode and electrically conductive shielding structure. The first drive electrode generates a time-varying electrostatic force that causes the resonant semiconductor structure to resonate mechanically, and the first sense electrode generates a timing signal in response to the mechanical resonance of the resonant semiconductor structure. The electrically conductive shielding structure is disposed between the first drive electrode and the first sense electrode to shield the first sense electrode from electric field lines emanating from the first drive electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US09252740B1
公开(公告)日:2016-02-02
申请号:US14300114
申请日:2014-06-09
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: David Raymond Pedersen , Aaron Partridge , Thor Juneau
CPC classification number: H03H9/2405 , H03H3/0072 , H03H9/02259 , H03H9/02433 , H03H9/2457 , H03H9/2468 , H03H2009/02456 , H03H2009/02496
Abstract: A MEMS resonator system that reduces interference signals arising from undesired capacitive coupling between different system elements. The system, in one embodiment, includes a MEMS resonator, electrodes, and at least one resonator electrode shield. In certain embodiments, the resonator electrode shield ensures that the resonator electrodes interact with either one or more shunting nodes or the active elements of the MEMS resonator by preventing or reducing, among other things, capacitive coupling between the resonator electrodes and the support and auxiliary elements of the MEMS resonator structure. By reducing the deleterious effects of interfering signals using one or more resonator electrode shields, a simpler, lower interference, and more efficient system relative to prior art approaches is presented.
Abstract translation: 一种MEMS谐振器系统,其减少由不同系统元件之间的不期望的电容耦合引起的干扰信号。 在一个实施例中,该系统包括MEMS谐振器,电极和至少一个谐振器电极屏蔽。 在某些实施例中,谐振器电极屏蔽件通过防止或减少谐振器电极与支撑和辅助元件之间的电容耦合,确保谐振器电极与一个或多个分流节点或MEMS谐振器的有源元件相互作用 的MEMS谐振器结构。 通过使用一个或多个谐振器电极屏蔽减少干扰信号的有害影响,提出了相对于现有技术方法的更简单,更低干扰和更有效的系统。
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公开(公告)号:US20150123220A1
公开(公告)日:2015-05-07
申请号:US14597825
申请日:2015-01-15
Applicant: SiTime Corporation
Inventor: Pavan Gupta , Aaron Partridge , Markus Lutz
CPC classification number: B81B7/0083 , B81B7/007 , B81B7/0077 , B81B2201/0271 , B81B2207/07 , B81B2207/094 , B81C1/0023 , B81C1/00301 , B81C1/00333 , B81C1/00341 , B81C2201/016 , B81C2203/0118 , B81C2203/0154 , H01L23/3107 , H01L23/34 , H01L23/498 , H01L2224/48091 , H01L2224/48245 , H01L2224/48247 , H01L2224/73265 , H01L2924/01019 , H01L2924/10253 , H01L2924/1461 , H01L2924/181 , H01L2924/00 , H01L2924/00014 , H01L2924/00012
Abstract: A low-profile packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system includes an electrical lead having internal and external electrical contact surfaces at respective first and second heights within a cross-sectional profile of the packaging structure and a die-mounting surface at an intermediate height between the first and second heights. A resonator-control chip is mounted to the die-mounting surface of the electrical lead such that at least a portion of the resonator-control chip is disposed between the first and second heights and wire-bonded to the internal electrical contact surface of the electrical lead. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the resonator-control chip in a stacked die configuration and the MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and internal electrical contact and die-mounting surfaces of the electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes the external electrical contact surface of the electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure.
Abstract translation: 用于微机电系统(MEMS)谐振器系统的薄型封装结构包括电引线,其在封装结构的横截面轮廓内的相应的第一和第二高度处具有内部和外部电接触表面,并且模具安装表面 第一和第二高度之间的中间高度。 谐振器控制芯片安装到电引线的管芯安装表面,使得谐振器控制芯片的至少一部分设置在第一和第二高度之间并且引线接合到电气的内部电接触表面 铅。 MEMS谐振器芯片以堆叠的管芯配置安装到谐振器控制芯片,并且电机的谐振器芯片,谐振器控制芯片和内部电接触和管芯安装表面被封装在暴露外部的封装外壳内 电气引线的电接触表面在包装结构的外表面。
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