Patent ID: 9593948
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: F16F,G01C,G01P

Claim:
1. A sensor comprising: a substrate; a plurality of Coriolis elements that are mounted over a surface of the substrate, wherein the plurality of Coriolis elements include a first Coriolis element, a second Coriolis element, and a third Coriolis element; a driver configured to set the Coriolis elements into a driven mode in which the Coriolis elements oscillate in a plane that extends parallel to the surface of the substrate; and a plurality of detectors configured to detect deflections of the plurality of Coriolis elements, the deflections including (a) deflections the first Coriolis element caused by a Coriolis force generated due to, and associated by the sensor with, an input motion about a first axis, (b) deflections of the second Coriolis element caused by a Coriolis force generated due to, and associated by the sensor with, an input motion about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, and (c) deflections of the third Coriolis element caused by a Coriolis force generated due to, and associated by the sensor with, an input motion about a third axis that is perpendicular to each of the first and second axes; wherein the first and second Coriolis elements are coupled to a same shared frame.