发明名称 SENSOR HAVING FREE FALL SELF-TEST CAPABILITY AND METHOD THEREFOR
摘要 A transducer (20) includes a movable element (24), a self-test actuator (22), and a sensing element (56, 58). The sensing element (56, 58) detects movement of the movable element (24) from a first position (96) to a second position (102) along an axis perpendicular to a plane of the sensing element (56, 58). The second position (102) results in an output signal (82) that simulates a free fall condition. A method (92) for testing a protection feature of a device (70) having the transducer (20) entails moving the movable element (24) to the first position (102) to produce a negative gravitational force detectable at the sensing element (56, 68), applying a signal (88) to the actuator (22) to move the movable element (24) to the second position (102) by the electrostatic force (100) , and ascertaining an enablement of the protection feature in response to the simulated free fall.
申请公布号 EP2074434(A4) 申请公布日期 2017.01.11
申请号 EP20070814883 申请日期 2007.09.17
申请人 North Star Innovations Inc. 发明人 UEDA, Akihiro;MCNEIL, Andrew C.
分类号 G01P15/125;G01P15/18;G01P21/00;G11B19/04 主分类号 G01P15/125
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