PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16063987
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["381", "120000"]

Abstract:
A MEMS capacitive sensor is disclosed. In an embodiment a MEMS capacitive sensor includes a capacitor having a variable capacitance, wherein the capacitor includes a backplate and a membrane being separated from each other by a variable distance, wherein the capacitor is arranged on a substrate, an output terminal configured to provide an output signal, wherein the output terminal is connected to the backplate, a bias voltage input terminal configured to apply a bias voltage, wherein the bias voltage input terminal is connected to the membrane and a supply voltage input terminal configured to apply a supply voltage, wherein the supply voltage input terminal is connected to the substrate, wherein the MEMS capacitive sensor is configured to generate a level of the output signal in dependence on the distance between the membrane and the backplate.

Claim (Index 18):
An arrangement for amplifying an output signal of a MEMS capacitive sensor, the arrangement comprising:\n a capacitor having a variable capacitance, wherein the capacitor comprises a backplate and a membrane being separated from each other by a variable distance, wherein the capacitor is arranged on a substrate; an output terminal configured to provide an output signal, wherein the output terminal is connected to the backplate, and wherein the MEMS capacitive sensor is configured to generate a level of the output signal in dependence on the distance between the membrane and the backplate; a bias voltage input terminal configured to apply a bias voltage, wherein the bias voltage input terminal is connected to the membrane, a supply voltage input terminal configured to apply a supply voltage, wherein the supply voltage input terminal is connected to the substrate, a signal processing circuit having a supply voltage output terminal configured to provide the supply voltage for the MEMS capacitive sensor and a signal output terminal configured to provide an amplified output signal, wherein the supply voltage output terminal of the signal processing circuit is connected to the supply voltage input terminal of the MEMS capacitive sensor, wherein the signal processing circuit comprises an amplifier configured to amplify the output signal of the MEMS capacitive sensor and to provide the amplified output signal at the signal output terminal of the signal processing circuit, and wherein the amplifier of the signal processing circuit is arranged between the supply voltage output terminal and a reference terminal configured to apply a reference voltage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.9
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16073315', '14370720', '14486696', '12301163', '14357930']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7071714788852363
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.507614461357892
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.687215777132502
- Mean Citation Score: 249.062318
- Max Citation Score: 297.26157
- Similarity Product: 236.43145918591443

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test