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Micromachined devices with stop members

US6487908B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2001
Grant dateDec 3, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C19/5719
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A micromachined device has a first body suspended over a substrate in a plane parallel to the substrate and movable in the plane in a first direction relative to the substrate. A driver moves the first body in the first direction. A stop member, anchored to the substrate, limits motion of the body in the plane in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and in a direction orthogonal to the plane and away from the substrate.

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