Patent ID: 7984648

Claim:
A method of sensing linear accelerations and rotations of a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) sensor comprising a first proof mass and a second proof mass aligned in an inplane axis, a first out-of-plane electrode pair with the first proof mass disposed therebetween, a second out-of-plane electrode pair with the second proof mass disposed therebetween, a first inplane sense comb with a plurality of comb fingers interleaved with opposing first proof mass comb fingers, and a second in-plane sense comb with a plurality of comb fingers interleaved with the opposing second proof mass comb fingers, the method comprising: sensing an out-of-plane linear acceleration of the MEMS sensor with the first out-of-plane electrode pair and the second out-of-plane electrode pair; sensing an in-plane rotation of the MEMS sensor with the first out-of-plane electrode pair and the second out-of-plane electrode pair; sensing an in-plane linear acceleration of the MEMS sensor with the first in-plane sense comb and the second in-plane sense comb; and sensing an out-of-plane rotation of the MEMS sensor with the first in-plane sense comb and the second in-plane sense comb.