Patent ID: 8353212
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A micromechanical rate-of-rotation sensor for detecting a rate of rotation about a sense axis, the sensor comprising: a substrate; a detection unit; means for generating a rotational oscillation of the detection unit about a drive axis which is orthogonal to the sense axis; a central suspension means rotatably coupling the detection unit to the substrate in a fulcrum of the detection unit, the central suspension means configured to permit the detection unit to perform a detection movement about a detection axis orthogonal to the sense axis in the form of a rotational oscillation about the central suspension means; and at least two second suspension means coupling the detection unit and the substrate, the at least two second suspension means being anchored on the substrate along the sense axis for providing a controlled response behavior specific to rotation about at least one of the drive axis and the detection axis.