Methods and apparatuses are provided wherein a sensor which comprises at least two electrodes and a movable part is alternately biased with at least two different voltages.
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1. An apparatus, comprising: a sensor comprising a first electrode, a movable part, and a second electrode, a first capacitance being defined between the first electrode and the movable part,a second capacitance being defined between the movable part and the second electrode,the first electrode bein
1. An apparatus, comprising: a sensor comprising a first electrode, a movable part, and a second electrode, a first capacitance being defined between the first electrode and the movable part,a second capacitance being defined between the movable part and the second electrode,the first electrode being directly coupled to an amplifier, andthe second electrode being directly coupled to the amplifier;a first switch coupling a first voltage source with: the movable part, orthe first electrode and the second electrode;a second switch coupling a second voltage source with: the movable part, orthe first electrode and the second electrode; anda clock, coupled to the first switch and the second switch, to alternately close the first switch and the second switch. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: the amplifier,a first input of the amplifier being coupled to the first electrode,a second input of the amplifier being coupled to the second electrode,a first output of the amplifier being coupled to a first output pin, anda second output of the amplifier being coupled to a second output pin. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: at least one third switch coupled in parallel to the amplifier, the at least one third switch to operate synchronously with the second switch. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: at least one third capacitance coupled in parallel with the amplifier. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: biasing circuitry coupled with the first electrode and the second electrode. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a voltage of the first voltage source is associated with a stable state of the movable part, and a voltage of the second voltage source is associated with an unstable state of the movable part. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first electrode comprises a first plate, the second electrode comprises a second plate, and the movable part comprises a membrane suspended between the first plate and the second plate. 8. A method, comprising: receiving, by an apparatus, a first voltage from a first voltage source, the apparatus comprising a sensor that comprises a first electrode, a movable part, and a second electrode, a first capacitance being defined between the first electrode and the movable part,a second capacitance being defined between the movable part and the second electrode,the first electrode being directly coupled to an amplifier, andthe second electrode being directly coupled to the amplifier;receiving, by the apparatus, a second voltage from a second voltage source; andalternately closing, by the apparatus and based on a clock, a first switch and a second switch, the first voltage source being coupled, via the first switch, with: the movable part, orthe first electrode and the second electrode, andthe second voltage source being coupled, via the second switch, with: the movable part, orthe first electrode and the second electrode. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein a first input of the amplifier is coupled to the first electrode, where a second input of the amplifier is coupled to the second electrode,where a first output of the amplifier is coupled to a first output pin, andwhere a second output of the amplifier is coupled to a second output pin. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one third switch is coupled in parallel to the amplifier, the at least one third switch to operate synchronously with the second switch. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one third capacitance is coupled in parallel with the amplifier. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein biasing circuitry is coupled with the first electrode and the second electrode. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first voltage of the first voltage source is associated with a stable state of the movable part, and the second voltage of the second voltage source is associated with an unstable state of the movable part. 14. The method of claim 8, wherein a membrane, of the movable part, is suspended between a first plate of the first electrode and a second plate of the second electrode. 15. An apparatus, comprising: a first electrode;a movable part; anda second electrode, a first capacitance being defined between the first electrode and the movable part,a second capacitance being defined between the movable part and the second electrode,the first electrode being directly coupled to an amplifier,the second electrode being directly coupled to the amplifier,the movable part being alternately coupled, based on a clock and via a first switch and a second switch, to a first voltage source and a second voltage source, the movable part being coupled the first voltage source when the first switch is closed, andthe movable part being coupled to the second voltage source when the second switch is closed. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein a first input of the amplifier is coupled to the first electrode, and where a second input of the amplifier is coupled to the second electrode,where a first output of the amplifier is coupled to a first output pin, andwhere a second output of the amplifier is coupled to a second output pin. 17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein at least one third switch is coupled in parallel to the amplifier, the at least one third switch to operate synchronously with the second switch. 18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein at least one third capacitance is coupled in parallel with the amplifier. 19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein biasing circuitry is coupled with the first electrode and the second electrode. 20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein a voltage of the first voltage source is associated with a stable state of the movable part, and a voltage of the second voltage source is associated with an unstable state of the movable part.
Devolk Burton A. ; Ip Matthew W. ; Fung Bing F. ; Mayo Franklin W. ; Erickson Raymond K., Apparatus with mechanical and electric springs and method for its manufacture.
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