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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5772575 | Implantable hearing aid A hearing aid includes an implantable microphone, signal-processing amplifier, battery, and microactuator. An electrical signal from the microphone is amplified and processed by the amplifier before being applied to the microactuator. The microactuator is... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5648618 | Micromachined hinge having an integral torsion sensor An elongated micromachined silicon hinge includes an integral four-terminal piezo voltage torsion sensor. The micromachined hinge is disposed between masses that are located at opposite ends of the hinge, and that are fabricated integrally with the hinge ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5488862 | Monolithic silicon rate-gyro with integrated sensors A monolithic single crystal Si rate-gyro consisting of in the preferred embodiment, an outer torsional frame, self resonating with a substantial amplitude, as controlled by a four-terminal piezo torsion sensor, connected to an inner frame by torsional hin... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5393647 | Method of making superhard tips for micro-probe microscopy and field emission Forming micro-probe tips for an atomic force microscope, a scanning tunneling microscope, a beam electron emission microscope, or for field emission, by first thinning a tip of a first material, such as silicon. The tips are then reacted with a second mat... | 02/28/1995 |
