US 12,455,222 B2
Sensor device and operating method thereof
Kwang Wook Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Iihwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Seokwhan Chung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,241.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0107909 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068922 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 15/06 (2024.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 15/0637 (2013.01) [G01N 2015/0046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor device comprising:
a support structure having a cantilever shape extending in a first direction and having a first end fixed;
a sensing element having a surface and having a resonant frequency which changes according to contaminants adsorbed to the surface, the sensing element being disposed at a second end of the support structure opposite to the first end;
a frequency detector configured to detect the resonant frequency of the sensing element; and
an actuator disposed at the first end of the support structure, wherein the actuator moves the support structure so that the second end of the support structure moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.