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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Wan-thai Hsu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Wan-Thai Hsu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Discera, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03N009/00 ; H02N002/00 ; H01L041/04 ; H01L041/08 ; H01L041/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is a vertical-mode, free-free beam resonator, and micromechanical circuits that include one or more such resonators. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the resonator comprises a movable beam that overlies a drive electrode. The movable beam is supported by a plurality of supports, the length of which is substantially less than one-quarter of a wavelength of the resonant frequency of the resonator.