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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Ostendo Technologies, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bahram Ghodsian, San Diego, CA (US);
Hussein El-Ghoroury, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ostendo Techologies, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 5/011 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); H01L 41/047 (2006.01); H01L 41/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 5/011 (2013.01); B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); H01L 41/047 (2013.01); H01L 41/083 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A micromachined tunable capacitor. A pair of first and second MEMS fabricated flexures are flexibly coupled to a piezo actuator drive element configured wherein a stress or strain induced by the piezo actuator drive element urges a first movable capacitor plate element a predetermined distance toward or away from a second capacitor plate element proportional to a predetermined voltage signal.