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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105163 | RESONATOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING A Q-FACTOR A resonator device (200) comprises a base (206) comprising an anchor (204) and a vibration unit (212) connected to the anchor (204). The vibration unit (212) is configured to have a first vibration mode (218) and a second... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120068779 | Oscillators and methods of manufacturing and operating the same Oscillators and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are provided, the oscillators include a pinned layer, a free layer and a barrier layer having at least one filament between the pinned layer and the free layer. The pinned layer may have a fixed magnetizati... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120038430 | OSCILLATORS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME Oscillators and methods of operating the same, the oscillators include a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a first free layer over the pinned layer, and a second free layer over the first free layer. The oscillators are configured to generate a signal... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032747 | MEMS OSCILLATOR A piezoresistive MEMS oscillator comprises a resonator body, first and second drive electrodes located adjacent the resonator body for providing an actuation signal; and at least a first sense electrode connected to a respective anchor point. The voltages at the electro... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120013412 | MEMS RESONATOR DEVICES Embodiments are related to micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) devices, systems and methods. In one embodiment, a MEMS resonating device comprises a resonator element configured to provide timing; and at least one passive temperature compensation structure arranged on... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110298553 | ACTIVE MULTI-GATE MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN TRANSISTOR The present invention exploits the combination of the amplification, provided by the integration of a FET (or any other three terminal active device), with the signal modulation, provided by the MEM resonator, to build a MEM resonator with built-in transistor (hereafter... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291767 | OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT An oscillator circuit comprises a piezoelectric vibrator, an amplifier device including inverters provided in a plurality of stages, and an inverter control device. The inverters provided in the plurality of stages includes a performance-variable inverter configured whi... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285445 | DRIVE LOOP FOR MEMS OSCILLATOR Some embodiments regard a method comprising: generating a current according to a movement of the MEMS device; the movement is controlled by a control signal; generating a peak voltage according to the current; and adjusting the control signal when the peak voltage is ou... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285470 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR In a SAW oscillator, each of a first SAW element and a second SAW element includes interdigital electrodes and a reflector formed on a piezoelectric material. A first oscillating circuit part forms an oscillating loop including the first SAW element. A second oscillatin... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279187 | HBAR RESONATOR WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY The invention relates to a resonator of the harmonic bulk acoustic resonator IIBAR type, comprising a piezoelectric transducer (6) clamped between two electrodes (4, 8) with a strong electroacoustic coupling, cut according to a first cutting angle Θ1, and... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279188 | RESONATOR USING CARBON NANO SUBSTANCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESONATOR A resonator and a method of manufacturing a resonator are provided. The resonator includes a sacrificial layer formed on a substrate, and a resonant structure formed on the sacrificial layer, the resonant structure comprising a carbon nano-substance layer and a silicon ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110260802 | PARAMETRIC FEEDBACK OSCILLATORS A parametric feedback oscillator includes a resonator which has at least one transduction element and at least one electromechanical resonating element. The resonator is configured to accept as input a parametric excitation signal at a frequency 2ω0 a... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254782 | Broadband Linear Vibrator and Mobile Terminal A broadband linear vibrator that is small sized and yet capable of generating a greater vibrating force and outputting various broadband vibrations, and a mobile terminal capable of outputting various vibrations and sounds, wherein the broadband linear vibrator includes... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110204984 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR, SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR, AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE MODULE UNIT It is possible to reduce the size of a surface acoustic wave resonator by enhancing the Q value. In a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT having electrode fingers for exciting surface acoustic waves is formed on a crystal substrate, a line occupying ratio is... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110181366 | OSCILLATORS HAVING ARBITRARY FREQUENCIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Systems and methods for operating with oscillators configured to produce an oscillating signal having an arbitrary frequency are described. The frequency of the oscillating signal may be shifted to remove its arbitrary nature by application of multiple tuning signals or... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110167908 | Device For The Gravimetric Detection Of Particles In A Fluid Medium, Comprising An Oscillator Over Which A Fluid Stream Flows, Production Process And Method Of Employing The Device The invention provides a device for the gravimetric detection of particles in a fluid medium, simultaneously providing a high quality factor, easier operating conditions, small size and low production costs. For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a device for... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110156830 | Microelectromechanical system device and method of manufacturing the microelectromechanical system device Provided is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) that includes a first structure and second structure. The first structure and second structure may each include a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate of each structure may have first and second s... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110148537 | MEMS OSCILLATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF An oscillator includes: a plurality of MEMS vibrators formed on a substrate; and an oscillator configuration circuit connected to the plurality of MEMS vibrators, wherein the plurality of MEMS vibrators each have a beam structure, and the respective beam structures are ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140792 | COMPENSATED MICRO/NANO-RESONATOR WITH IMPROVED CAPACITIVE DETECTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME The resonator comprises an oscillating element and first and second excitation electrodes of the oscillating element. An AC signal generator is connected to the first and second excitation electrodes and delivers first and second signals of the same amplitudes and in an... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110095835 | Hybrid system having a non-mems device and a mems device A hybrid system having a non-MEMS device and a MEMS device is described. The apparatus includes a non-MEMS device and an integrated circuit including a MEMS device, the integrated circuit formed on a substrate. The integrated circuit includes a control circuit for the n... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110080224 | RESONATOR A resonator having an effective spring constant (kz) and comprising a beam having a beam spring constant (kB) adapted to resonate in an oscillation direction, and extending at a non-zero angle (θ) to the oscillation direction, wherein the resonato... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110057733 | 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 motion r... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110018647 | Oscillators using magnetic domain wall and methods of operating the same An oscillator generates a signal using precession of a magnetic moment of a magnetic domain wall. The oscillator includes a free layer having the magnetic domain wall and a fixed layer corresponding to the magnetic domain wall. A non-magnetic separation layer is interpo... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018648 | Resonator Electrode Shields One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a MEMS resonator system that reduces interference signals arising from undesired capacitive coupling between different system elements. The system includes a MEMS resonator, two or more resonator electrodes, and at leas... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100321125 | RESONATOR AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OSCILLATOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Disclosed herein is a resonator including, a vibrating portion having a conductor portion, and three or more insulating portions provided so as to electrically separate the conductor portion into a plurality of blocks, wherein when a potential difference is caused acros... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100308930 | Integrated Circuit Oscillators Having Microelectromechanical Resonators Therein with Parasitic Impedance Cancellation An integrated circuit oscillator includes a microelectromechanical (MEM) resonator having input and output terminals. An oscillation sustaining circuit is provided. The oscillation sustaining circuit is electrically coupled between the input and output terminals of the ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308931 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TUNING DEVICES HAVING MECHANICAL RESONATORS Methods and apparatus for tuning devices having mechanical resonators are described. In one implementation, a mechanical resonator and a phase shifter are configured in a feedback loop, so that the phase shifter shifts the phase of the resonator output signal. The amoun... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100271680 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL DEFLECTOR An oscillator device includes an oscillation system having a first oscillator, a second oscillator, a first resilient supporting member and a second resilient supporting member, wherein the oscillation system has at least two frequencies of natural oscillation mode arou... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100264997 | MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR OSCILLATION EXCITATION OF AN OSCILLATION ELEMENT OF A MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT A micromechanical component and a method for providing the oscillation excitation of an oscillation element of a micromechanical component, the micromechanical component having a frame, which is connected to a carrier substrate by an outer suspension element, in which t... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100237742 | LAMB-WAVE RESONATOR AND OSCILLATOR A Lamb-wave resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate, and an IDT electrode disposed on one principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The IDT electrode has bus bar electrodes connecting sends of a plurality of electrode finger elements. The plurality of elect... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100219897 | OSCILLATOR BASED ON SERIES OF FOUR NANOWIRES The oscillator comprises at least a first series of a multiple of four sub-assemblies each of which comprises an excitation terminal and an output terminal. The sub-assemblies are arranged in series in a closed loop. The output terminal of each sub-assembly is connected... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100214034 | High Frequency Nanotube Oscillator A tunable nanostructure such as a nanotube is used to make an electromechanical oscillator. The mechanically oscillating nanotube can be provided with inertial clamps in the form of metal beads. The metal beads serve to clamp the nanotube so that the fundamental resonan... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100090773 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OVERCOME DC OFFSETS IN AMPLIFIERS USED TO START RESONANT MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS Systems and methods for insuring successful initiation of a resonating micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). An example system includes a resonating sensor, a drive device, a charge amplifier, and a voltage gain circuit. At start up, the charge amplifier and voltage ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090302960 | Oscillating, deflectable micromechanical element and method for use thereof The invention relates to micromechanical elements deflectable in an oscillating manner and to a method for the operation of such elements. In this respect, it is the object of the invention to be able to operate the micromechanical elements in a stable and simple manner... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090278619 | FREQUENCY AND/OR PHASE COMPENSATED MICROELECTROMECHANICAL OSCILLATOR There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a compensated microelectromechanical oscillator, having a microelectromechanical resonator that generates an output signal and frequency adjustment circuitry,... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090273406 | MECHANICALLY TUNABLE PRINTED RESONATOR A mechanically tunable printed resonator is provided. The mechanically tunable printed resonator includes a tuning element support maintaining a tuning element a distance above the printed resonator.... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090219104 | MEMS RESONATOR, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND A MEMS OSCILLATOR The invention relates to a MEMS resonator comprising a movable element (48), the movable element (48) comprising a first part (A) having a first Young's modulus and a first temperature coefficient of the first Young's modulus, and the movable element (4... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090184775 | OSCILLATION DRIVE DEVICE An oscillation drive device includes an oscillating unit that includes attaching portions on either sides thereof, the attaching portions being arranged on an oscillation axis; a base that includes an oscillating fulcrum that supports the oscillating unit on the oscilla... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090167449 | Wireless Power Transfer using Magneto Mechanical Systems Wireless power transfer is received using a magneto mechanical system. Movement of the magneto mechanical system is converted to electric power.... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090152992 | AIRTIGHT TERMINAL To provide an airtight terminal and a piezoelectric vibrator having a strong rigidity of a lead despite a small-sized constitution, and provide a method of fabricating an airtight terminal constituting a lead penetrating inside of a stem by one piece and a piezoelectric... | 06/18/2009 |
