Pulse-driven accelerometer arrangement

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An accelerometer arrangement includes an acceleration sensor that includes two capacitor plates having respective parallel mutually facing major surfaces which bound a sensing gap therebetween. A plate-shaped electrically chargeable proof mass is resiliently mounted in the gap in parallelism with the major surfaces for displacement in response to the action of acceleration forces thereon out of a substantially central rest position toward one or the other of the major surfaces depending on the direction of the acceleration forces. An electrical potential difference is established between the capacitor plates to generate respective electrostatic fields between the capacitor plates and the …