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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Aerodyne Microsystems Inc., a Delaware Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
David Woolsey, Berkeley, CA (US);
David William Burns, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system for analyzing particles in an air stream includes a first heater element configured to deflect particles in an interior region of the air stream towards a peripheral wall of an air channel encompassing the air stream, a second heater element controllable to deflect the particles in a first lateral direction along the peripheral wall, and a third heater element controllable to deflect the particles in a second lateral direction along the peripheral wall. Thermal gradients in the air channel generated by the heater elements may thermophoretically force particles towards the peripheral wall in a direction perpendicular to the air stream to allow thermophoretic forcing and scanning of particles in either the first lateral direction or the second lateral direction along the peripheral wall and onto a surface of a particle detector. Systems and methods for scanning particles with thermophoretic forces are disclosed.