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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126669 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME The composite substrate is a substrate used to manufacture an acoustic wave device, and includes a support substrate, a piezoelectric substrate, and a adhesive layer with which the support substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are bonded to each other. In the compos... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126663 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERTER The present invention relates to a method for producing an electromechanical, for example piezoelectric, transducer, comprising the steps of: A) applying a monolayer of spacer elements (3) onto a first polymer layer (1), the spacer elements (3) havi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125117 | Micromechanical component and production method for a micromechanical component A micromechanical component includes: an adjustable element connected to a holder at least via a spring; a first sensor device with at least one first piezo-resistive sensor element, which first sensor device provides a first sensor signal relating to a first mechanical... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126664 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, SENSOR UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VIBRATOR ELEMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SENSOR UNIT A vibration gyro device has a base part and a pair of drive vibrating arms and a pair of detection vibrating arms respectively extended from both ends in a Y-axis direction of the base part. Further, adjustment vibrating arms extended from respective ends of connecting ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108783 | PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET, AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS A specific region of a polylactic acid sheet is heated by a microwave. To allow the polylactic acid sheet to exhibit piezoelectricity in the thickness direction of the polylactic acid sheet, a high voltage is applied to the heated polylactic acid sheet in the thickness ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120102695 | PIEZOELECTRIC PRINTHEAD AND RELATED METHODS A piezoelectric printhead and related methods provide a first metallic electrode and a second metallic electrode deposited over a top surface and a bottom surface, respectively, of a piezoceramic plate. The second electrode is segmented into a plurality of electrode seg... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120102696 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE A piezoelectric device includes a substrate; and a laminated film formed above the substrate. The laminated film includes a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode layer formed in this order, and the lower electrode layer is a metal electrod... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105174 | SINGLE-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE A single-input multi-output surface acoustic wave (“SAW”) device contains two or more output inter-digital transducers (“IDTs”) arranged in a longitudinal direction of a single input IDT. The detection sensitivity and reliability of the SAW device may be improve... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120079690 | METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE, WAFER, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE The present invention provides a novel method of producing piezoelectric vibration pieces in which a plurality of piezoelectric vibration pieces are formed at once from a wafer, using a plurality of photoresist processes. The wafer is marked with wafer marks each unique... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080612 | CANTILEVER-BASED MEMS OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD The present invention relates to an optical scanning apparatus and an optical scanning system The optical system includes an optical engine connected to an optical scanning probe The optical scanning probe images a sample at different lateral positions of the sample The... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081195 | LATERAL OVER-MODED BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS A bulk acoustic resonator assembly and methods for fabricated the resonator assembly is provided. The resonator includes a cavity on a first surface of a substrate, with a sheet of low acoustic loss material suspended over the cavity. The sheet of low acoustic loss mate... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081475 | LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME There is provided a liquid discharging head discharging a liquid, including: a channel unit having a liquid channel including a pressure chamber which has an opening at one surface of the channel unit; a piezoelectric element formed of a piezoelectric material; an inter... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120079692 | ARRAY OF BAW RESONATORS WITH MASK CONTROLLED RESONANT FREQUENCIES Methods that create an array of BAW resonators by patterning a mass load layer to control the resonant frequency of the resonators and resonators formed thereby, are disclosed. Patterning the surface of a mass load layer and introducing apertures with dimensions smaller... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120079691 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PACKAGES, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATORS OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO CLOCK The present invention provides a novel method of producing piezoelectric vibrators in which a plurality of substrates are formed at once from a wafer, and the wafer is formed with a plurality of electrode holes formed in the respective substrates. Using holders each hav... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068579 | Method for Manufacturing a Piezoelectric Device and the Same The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing piezoelectric devices by using a base wafer having through-holes manufactured in precise size. In the method for manufacturing a piezoelectric device comprises: a step of: forming an anticorrosive film (S121<... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068957 | TOUCH-BASED USER INTERFACE WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK One embodiment of a touch-based user interface may include a haptic feedback layer with one or more actuators configured to supply a haptic feedback. The one or more actuators may be embedded in a nonconductive material. The touch-based user interface may further includ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120066876 | CREATING AN IMPROVED PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER FOR TRANSDUCERS A method for forming a transducer, the method includes the steps of providing a substrate; providing a dielectric on the substrate; providing a first piezoelectric layer of the dielectric; providing a metal layer on the first piezoelectric layer; etching the metal layer... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120049976 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR STRUCTURE, A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A DUPLEXER USING THE SAME A Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator (BAWR), a method of manufacturing of the BAWR, and duplexer including the BAWR are provided. The BAWR may include a first substrate including a via hole formed in a predetermined area of a bottom surface of the first substrate. A first air... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050413 | INKJET HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INKJET HEAD According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a nozzle plate, a piezoelectric member, a substrate, a frame member, and a wiring circuit. The nozzle plate has nozzles. The piezoelectric member has pressure chambers associated with the nozzles, sidewalls configured... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049695 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Methods are disclosed for manufacturing piezoelectric vibrating devices that do not contain any unwanted gas or water vapor inside the devices. In an exemplary method, a base wafer is prepared including multiple package bases each having a first main surface and a secon... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049696 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE USING NANOPORE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A piezoelectric device including an engraved nanostructure body and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The piezoelectric device includes a matrix including a piezoelectric material, a nanopore may be disposed in the matrix, and the nanopore may be extended... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047994 | NITROGEN GAS SENSOR AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD A nitrogenous gas sensor comprises a piezoelectricity plate which has a sensing surface; two transducers placed on the sensing surface of the piezoelectricity plate for transduction of electrostatic potential energy and acoustic energy, in order to generate surface acou... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049691 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE A manufacturing method for a boundary acoustic wave device is capable of certainly providing the boundary acoustic wave device with desired target frequency characteristics. The manufacturing method for the boundary acoustic wave device includes a process for preparing ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053393 | SOUND TRANSDUCER FOR INSERTION IN AN EAR The invention relates to a sound transducer for producing sound vibrations, which can be inserted in an ear and can be used in particular for an implantable hearing aid. The sound transducer has at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, as a resul... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049694 | Micromachined Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with Polymer Beam A micromachined piezoelectric energy harvester and methods of fabricating a micromachined piezoelectric energy harvester are disclosed. In one embodiment, the micromachined piezoelectric energy harvester comprises a resonating beam formed of a polymer material, at least... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043859 | Method of Manufacturing the Piezoelectric Device and the Same To provide a piezoelectric device prevented from overflowing of sealing materials. The piezoelectric device (100) stores a piezoelectric vibrating piece (30) having a pair of excitation electrodes. The piezoelectric device comprises: a package lid (10 | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043860 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Piezoelectric vibrating devices are disclosed that lack base through-holes and that can be manufactured on a wafer scale. Also disclosed are methods for making same. An exemplary piezoelectric device has a package base having first and second opposing main surfaces. On ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043858 | Energy Harvesting Devices Using Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Based Electrodes Energy harvesting elements or membranes are provided that use a layer of electrodes with a mixture of carbon nanotubes (CNT). The energy harvesting device of this type can be used as in sensor-based system in which on application of a bending load, the energy harvesting... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038244 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING RESONANT FREQUENCY A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric vibration device having a surface acoustic wave element includes a step of forming a functional film adapted to increase a velocity of a wave on a surface of the surface acoustic wave element. Further, the Young's modulus of the... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036917 | SENSING DEVICES AND METHODS Embodiments of the present disclosure include devices and methods for humidity and temperature sensing. For example, in one embodiment, a sensing device can include a first surface acoustic wave (SAW) component, wherein the first SAW component is a temperature component... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038711 | INK-JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes an insulative substrate, a nozzle plate opposed to the insulative substrate, a partition wall disposed between the insulative substrate and the nozzle plate, and including a bottom surface with a first width which is... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120030916 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THIN BOARD-SHAPED FIRED PIEZOELECTRIC BODY A manufacturing method for a thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body has: a step of manufacturing, using a piezoelectric material, a green sheet having a ratio T/L of 0.000002 to 0.2, where T is the thickness and L is the maximum length within the surface after firin... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030915 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD A manufacturing method of a piezoelectric element includes: forming a first conductive layer upon a substrate; forming a piezoelectric layer upon the first conductive layer; forming a second conductive layer upon the piezoelectric layer; forming a third conductive layer... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032562 | At-Cut Quartz-Crystal Device and Methods for Manufacturing Same The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a quartz-crystal device, in which its lid and base is manufactured with smaller thermal expansion coefficient between AT-cut quartz-crystal wafer. The method for manufacturing a quartz-crystal device comprises th... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025675 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A piezoelectric vibrator element provided by performing wet etching on a piezoelectric substrate includes: a thin-wall section including a vibrating section; a thick-wall section thicker than the thin-wall section; and a slit section penetrating in a thickness direction... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025923 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A vibrator element includes: a base having a mounting surface; a vibrating arm which is extended from the base and has a first surface and a second surface that faces the first surface and is positioned on the mounting surface side, and which performs flexural vibration... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023720 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Devices are disclosed that include a piezoelectric vibrating piece; a glass base and lid form a package enclosing the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The piece has first and second electrodes. The base has first and second opposing surfaces. The base mounts the piezoelec... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025672 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING DEVICES HAVING CONTROLLED INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Methods are disclosed for manufacturing piezoelectric vibrating devices that do not acquire unwanted gas or water vapor inside their respective packages during manufacture and that attain such end by methods suitable for mass-production. An exemplary manufacturing metho... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023719 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A ZINC OXIDE PIEZOELECTRIC THIN-FILM WITH HIGH C-AXIS ORIENTATION A manufacturing method for a Zinc Oxide (ZnO) piezoelectric thin-film with high C-axis orientation comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a base, a SiO2 layer and a Si3N4 layer; forming a bottom electrode layer on the Si 02/02/2012 | |
| 20120019106 | ULTRASONIC ARRAY TRANSDUCER, ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME A transducer system includes a multi-layer flexible circuit. The flexible circuit includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. The circuit engages a piezoelectric material/electrode subassembly. Vias are used to operatively connect ground electrodes of indi... | 01/26/2012 |
