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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Stopa, San Mateo, CA (US);

Jun Amano, Hillsborough, CA (US);

Karsten Bruening, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/02 (2006.01); C01B 32/159 (2017.01); H03H 9/10 (2006.01); H03H 3/02 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/02015 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01B 32/159 (2017.08); H03H 3/02 (2013.01); H03H 9/1021 (2013.01); H03H 2003/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A carbon nanotube (CNT) resonator includes: a first CNT having a first end and a second end both fixed to a substrate; and a second CNT having a first end fixed to the substrate. The second CNT creates a Van der Waals (VdW) bond with the first CNT where the second CNT overlaps the first CNT. A length of the VdW bond along a distance between the first and the second CNTs oscillates based on a DC voltage applied between the first end of the first CNT and the first end of the second CNT. An electrical current passing through the first and the second CNTs using the VdW bond oscillates based on the oscillation of the length of the VdW bond.


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