US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS on Dec. 2 for "Detection structure for a MEMS accelerometer having improved performances and manufacturing process thereof" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,161, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Detection structure for a MEMS accelerometer having improved performances and manufacturing process thereof" was invented by Gabriele Gattere (Castronno, Italy), Francesco Rizzini (Passirano, Italy) and Federico Vercesi (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The detection structure for a MEMS accelerometer is formed by a substrate; a first movable mass and a second movable mass which extend at a distance from each other, suspended on the substrate and which are configured to undergo a movement, with respect to the substrate, in response to an acc...