81 |
SHELL TYPE ACTUATOR |
PCT/US2004027162 |
2004-08-20 |
WO2005020434A3 |
2005-05-06 |
ZALALUTDINOV MAXIM; REICHENBACH ROBERT B; AUBIN KEITH; HOUSTON BRIAN H; PARPIA JEEVAK M; CRAIGHEAD HAROLD G |
A micromechanical resonator (400, 1125) is formed on a substrate (120). The resonator has a partial spherical shell (110) clamped on an outside portion of the shell to the substrate. In other embodiments, a flat disc or other shape may be used. Movement is induced in a selected portion of the disc, inducing easily detectable out-of-plane motion. A laser (1110) is used in one embodiment to heat the selected portion of the disc and induce the motion. The motion may be detected by capacitive or interferometric techniques. |
82 |
DIRECT MODULATION AND DEMODULATION WITH ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES |
PCT/IB2009054104 |
2009-09-18 |
WO2010038166A2 |
2010-04-08 |
VAN ELZAKKER MICHIEL |
Transceivers for wireless nodes often contain both a crystal and an acoustic wave device. The present invention directly uses an acoustic wave device for modulation and demodulation. As a result the crystal, which is both bulky and expensive, is no longer required. In addition the present invention can reduce power consumption. |
83 |
MEMS DEVICE ANNEALING BY LASER |
PCT/US2004027226 |
2004-08-20 |
WO2005035436A3 |
2005-11-10 |
ZALALUTDINOV MAXIM; REICHENBACH ROBERT B; AUBIN KEITH; HOUSTON BRIAN H; ZEHNDER ALAN T; PARPIA JEEVAK M; CRAIGHEAD HAROLD G |
A method of increasing a quality factor for a micromechanical resonator uses a laser beam to anneal the micromechanical resonator. In one embodiment, the micromechanical oscillator is formed by fabricating a mushroom shaped silicon oscillator (235) supported by a substrate (210) via a pillar (120). The laser beam is focused on a periphery of the mushroom shaped silicon oscillator to modify the surface of the mushroom shaped silicon oscillator. In a further embodiment, the mushroom shaped oscillator is a silicon disk formed on a sacrificial layer. Portions of the sacrificial layer are removed to free the periphery of the disk and leave a supporting pillar at the center of the disk. In further embodiments, different type resonators may be used. |