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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183946 | Charge biased MEM resonator A resonator has a vibrating element (10) and at least a first (20) and a second (30) electrode, at least one of the electrodes storing an electric charge to make the device charge biased. A charge adjuster (C) can add to or reduce the stored cha... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164393 | Vibrating reed, vibrator, oscillator, and electronic device A vibrating reed includes: a base; and a vibrating arm which is extended from one end portion of the base, the vibrating arm having an arm portion which is disposed on the base side, a weight portion which is disposed on a tip side of the arm portion and has a large... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8044736 | Timing oscillators and related methods Timing oscillators as well as related methods and devices are described. A timing oscillator may include a mechanical resonating structure with major elements and minor elements coupled to the major element. The timing oscillator can generate stable signals with low... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044738 | Oscillator apparatus An apparatus including a resonator electrode and a second electrode separated from the resonator electrode by a gap having a size that facilitates electron transfer across the gap, wherein the resonator electrode is a resonator electrode mounted for oscillatory moti... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044737 | Timing oscillators and related methods Timing oscillators as well as related methods and devices are described. A timing oscillator may include a mechanical resonating structure with major elements and minor elements coupled to the major element. The timing oscillator can generate stable signals with low... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7893783 | Resonator, oscillator, and communication apparatus Disclosed is a resonator including a plurality of resonator elements each including at least oscillation parts and lower electrodes with an intervening space therebetween, in which the plurality of resonator elements are disposed in a closed system and the oscillati... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889017 | Resonator, oscillator and communication device A resonator containing a plurality of resonator elements, respectively having an electrode and an oscillating component opposed while having a space in between, arranged so as to form a closed system. The oscillating component of the plurality of resonator elements ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7868709 | Oscillating current converter To provide an oscillating current converter fabricated by utilizing the MEMS technology making it possible to further decrease the size yet improving the conversion efficiency. An oscillating current converter 1 fabricated by using the MEMS technology ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7557667 | Angular rate sensor An angular rate sensor includes a tuning-fork oscillator, a support portion, an oscillation absorption portion and a mounting portion. The tuning-fork oscillator has a base and arm portions extending from the base. The support portion supports the base of the tuning... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7446619 | Temperature measurement system having a plurality of microelectromechanical resonators and method of operating same There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present inventions relate to a temperature measurement system comprising (1) a first microelectromechanical resonator to generate a first output signal having a frequency that varies with... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446620 | Microelectromechanical oscillator having temperature measurement system, and method of operating same There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present inventions relate to a temperature measurement system comprising (1) a first microelectromechanical resonator to generate a first output signal having a frequency that varies with... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443258 | Oscillator system having a plurality of microelectromechanical resonators and method of designing, controlling or operating same There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present inventions relate to oscillator systems which employ a plurality of microelectromechanical resonating structures, and methods to control and/or operate same. The oscillator system... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7417362 | Frequency regulating method for tuning fork type vibrator and tuning fork type vibrator frequency-regulated by the method A piezoelectric element of a tuning fork resonator comprises a base portion and a plurality of leg portions. Drive electrodes are formed on top and bottom major surfaces and both side surfaces of each leg portion. The drive electrodes have polarities different betwe... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7397172 | Piezoelectric resonator element, piezoelectric device and gyro sensor A piezoelectric resonator element, comprises: a base made of a piezoelectric material; at least a pair of resonating arms provided in a unified manner with the base and extending in parallel with each other from the base; a portion defining a long groove provided to... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394326 | Quartz oscillator manufacturing method and quartz oscillator A method for manufacturing a quartz oscillator having a stable temperature drift characteristic attributed to the quartz oscillating piece and a quartz oscillator are disclosed. The method comprises a quartz crystal etching step S1 of processing a quar... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7369004 | Microelectromechanical oscillator and method of operating same There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present inventions relate to a temperature measurement system comprising (1) a first microelectromechanical resonator to generate a first output signal having a frequency that varies with... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369003 | Oscillator system having a plurality of microelectromechanical resonators and method of designing, controlling or operating the same There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present inventions relate to oscillator systems which employ a plurality of microelectromechanical resonating structures, and methods to control and/or operate same. The oscillator system... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7352117 | Piezoelectric vibrator A tuning fork type piezoelectric vibrator is provided with vibrating arms which can improve shock resistance while suppressing a CI value to a small value. A first groove (base end side) and a second groove (tip side) extend along a longitudinal direction from a bas... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7302857 | Method for reducing the temperature dependence of a capacitive sensor and a capacitive sensor construction A method of manufacturing a sensor including forming an insulating layer on top of a conductive substrate, and forming a conducting electrode on top of the insulating layer. Further, the insulating layer is formed to include support areas formed at edges of the cond... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7265477 | Stepping actuator and method of manufacture therefore An embodiment of the present invention provides a stepping actuator, comprising a suspended membrane comprising a plurality of movable electrodes connected by plurality of spring hinges to a payload platform; and anchors connecting said membrane to a substrate, said... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7211926 | Temperature compensated oscillator including MEMS resonator for frequency control Disclosed is an oscillator that relies on redundancy of similar resonators integrated on chip in order to fulfill the requirement of one single quartz resonator. The immediate benefit of that approach compared to quartz technology is the monolithic integration of th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199498 | Electrical assemblies using molecular-scale electrically conductive and mechanically flexible beams and methods for application of same Electromechanical systems utilizing suspended conducting nanometer-scale beams are provided and may be used in applications, such as, motors, generators, pumps, fans, compressors, propulsion systems, transmitters, receivers, heat engines, heat pumps, magnetic field ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196450 | Electromechanical assemblies using molecular-scale electrically conductive and mechanically flexible beams and methods for application of same Electromechanical systems utilizing suspended conducting nanometer-scale beams are provided and may be used in applications, such as, motors, generators, pumps, fans, compressors, propulsion systems, transmitters, receivers, heat engines, heat pumps, magnetic field ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193354 | Resonator, unit having resonator, oscillator having unit and electronic apparatus having oscillator An electronic apparatus comprises a display portion and a plurality of oscillators, one of which is a quartz crystal oscillator comprising: a quartz crystal oscillating circuit comprising; an amplification circuit and a feedback circuit. For example, the feedback ci... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185539 | Flow sensor In a flow sensor (1) including an anticorrosion metallic diaphragm; an insulating film formed on one surface of the metallic diaphragm; and a flow rate measuring sensor formed on the insulating film, the other surface of the metallic diaphragm being in contac... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180652 | Mars optical modulators The specification describes an improved Moving Anti-Reflection Switch (MARS) device structure that largely eliminates charge build up on the movable membrane, and reduces stresses that cause curling of the membrane. The improved device uses a movable membrane made o... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170218 | Electronic apparatus with two quartz crystal oscillators utilizing different vibration modes The electronic apparatus comprises a display portion and a quartz crystal oscillator at least, and said electronic apparatus comprises at least two quartz crystal oscillators. Also, each of two quartz crystal oscillators of the at least two oscillators comprises a q... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167061 | Tuning fork shaped crystal oscillator and method of fabrication thereof The present invention provides a tuning fork shaped oscillator, an angular velocity sensor element, and an angular velocity sensor with improved breaking strength with respect to CI and drive power, CI stability, and frequency stability. The present invention relate... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156927 | Transition flow treatment process and apparatus A method is provided for treating an object. In this method, a treating chemical is introduced to a bath under conditions effective to at least partially envelop the object to be treated in eddy currents of the bath liquid, followed by introducing non-treating liqui... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7112915 | Resonator piece, resonator, oscillator and electronic device The invention provides a resonator piece, a resonator, an oscillator and an electronic device that can prevent in advance defects from arising in the electrodes and whose frequency characteristics of the resonator piece and CI value are stable. The resonator piece c... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7071794 | Quartz crystal resonator, unit having resonator, oscillator having unit, electronic apparatus having oscillator, and method for manufacturing electronic apparatus A quartz crystal resonator has a quartz crystal tuning fork base and quartz crystal tuning fork tines connected to the quartz crystal tuning fork base. Each of the quartz crystal tuning fork tines has opposite main surfaces, a groove formed in at least one of the ma... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067966 | Piezoelectric device, cellular phone system using the piezoelectric device, and electronic equipment using the piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device includes a base substrate constituting the bottom of the package; a framed resonator element layered on the base substrate; and a lid for hermetically sealing a space within the package, the lid being layered on the framed resonator element. T... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053725 | 4X crystal frequency multiplier with op amp buffer between 2X multiplier stages A frequency-multiplying circuit generates a multiple of the fundamental frequency of a crystal that oscillates. A first differential multiplier is coupled to the crystal nodes and generates a frequency-doubled output. The frequency-doubled output is applied to an op... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043986 | Vibrators and vibratory gyroscopes A vibrator for generating a signal for measuring a physical quantity using a vibrator is provided, including at least one bending vibration arm vibrating in bending mode along a specified plane and having a first end, an opposed second end, and first and second main... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7015631 | Tuning-fork type piezo-oscillator piece and mounting method thereof Aspects of the invention can provide a tuning-fork type piezo-oscillator piece, whose package, in which the tuning-fork type piezo-oscillator piece is mounted, is protected from colliding with oscillating arms even though a physical shock is given onto the tuning-fo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000483 | Inflatable manometers An inflatable air cell pressure transducer. The air cell has a concavity formed therein. The concavity has two edges, wherein increased pressure within the air cell causes contraction of the concavity moving the two edges closer. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6956417 | Leakage compensation circuit A circuit, including: a capacitor coupled between a first circuit node and a second circuit node and that leaks a leakage current from the first circuit node to the second circuit node; and a compensation circuit adapted to supply a compensatory current to compensat... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954025 | Resonant energy MEMS array and system including dynamically modifiable power processor An integrated MEMS resonant generator system includes a substrate, a plurality of piezoelectric micro generators disposed on the substrate, the micro generators each generating a voltage output in response to vibrational energy received, and at least one power proce... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6927530 | Vibrating piece, vibrator, oscillator, and electronic device A vibrating piece in which a CI values ratio is maintained constant while minimizing the CI value of the fundamental wave, variations of the CI values between the vibrating piece devices are reduced even if the base is made short, and the entire vibrating piece can ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915548 | Method for manufacturing quartz crystal tuning fork resonator, quartz crystal unit having quartz crystal tuning fork resonator, and quartz crystal oscillator having quartz crystal unit In method for manufacturing a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator capable of vibrating in a flexural mode, a quartz crystal wafer is etched in a first etching process to form a quartz crystal tuning fork base and quartz crystal tuning fork tines connected to the qu... | 07/12/2005 |
