Patent attributes
When movable electrodes of beam arrangement structures are displaced in a direction perpendicular to the surface of a support substrate in first and second capacitance constituent portions by action of an acceleration while carrier voltages are applied, the difference between a first capacitance and second capacitance is output from the support substrate through a third capacitance constituent portion. Under self-diagnosis, the voltage applying counter electrode portion of the self-diagnosis fixed capacitance constituent portion is set to a first potential, and a signal output counter electrode portion of the third capacitance constituent portion is set to a second potential different from the first potential, whereby the potential of the support substrate corresponding to the fixed electrode in the first and second capacitance constituent portions is forcedly changed.
