Isolated planar gyroscope with internal radial sensing and actuation

KV Shcheglov, AD Challoner - US Patent 7,040,163, 2006 - Google Patents
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Micromachined gyros

JA Geen, DW Carow - US Patent 6,122,961, 2000 - Google Patents
A micromachined gyroscope has first and second coplanar bodies suspended over a
substrate and movable in their plane relative to the substrate. The first body is dithered along …

Method of fabricating microelectromechanical systems and devices having trench isolated contacts

A Partridge, M Lutz, S Kronmueller - US Patent 6,936,491, 2005 - Google Patents
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Integrated microelectromechanical gyroscope with improved driving structure

G Cazzaniga, L Coronato - US Patent 8,459,110, 2013 - Google Patents
An integrated MEMS gyroscope, is provided with: at least a first driving mass driven with a
first driving movement along a first axis upon biasing of an assembly of driving electrodes …

Disc resonator gyroscopes

RL Kubena, DT Chang - US Patent 7,581,443, 2009 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to apparatuses and methods of making a
micromachined resonator gyroscope, eg a disc resonator gyro (DRG), including one or more …

Microelectromechanical systems and devices having thin film encapsulated mechanical structures

A Partridge, M Lutz, S Kronmueller - US Patent 7,075,160, 2006 - Google Patents
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Microelectromechanical systems, and devices having thin film encapsulated mechanical structures

A Partridge, M Lutz, S Kronmueller - US Patent 7,288,824, 2007 - Google Patents
There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present
invention is directed to a MEMS device, and technique of fabricating or manufacturing a …

Method for adjusting the frequency of a MEMS resonator

M Lutz, A Partridge - US Patent 7,102,467, 2006 - Google Patents
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Temperature controlled MEMS resonator and method for controlling resonator frequency

M Lutz, A Partridge - US Patent 7,068,125, 2006 - Google Patents
20a (current) perature sensing elements. In another aspect, the present invention is directed
to fabricate, manufacture, provide and/or control microelectromechanical resonators having …

Micromachined gyros

JA Geen, DW Carow - US Patent 6,505,511, 2003 - Google Patents
A micromachined gyroscope has first and second coplanar bodies suspended over a
substrate and movable in their plane relative to the substrate. The first body is dithered along …