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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Leonid Matsiev, San Jose, CA (US);
James Bennett, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Daniel M. Pinkas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mikhail Spitkovsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Oleg Kolosov, San Jose, CA (US);
Shenheng Guan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Uhrich, Redwood City, CA (US);
G. Cameron Dales, Saratoga, CA (US);
John F. Varni, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Blake Walker, Eugene, OR (US);
Vladimir Gammer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dave Padowitz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Low, Berkeley, CA (US);
Leonid Matsiev, San Jose, CA (US);
James Bennett, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Daniel M. Pinkas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mikhail Spitkovsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Oleg Kolosov, San Jose, CA (US);
Shenheng Guan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Uhrich, Redwood City, CA (US);
G. Cameron Dales, Saratoga, CA (US);
John F. Varni, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Blake Walker, Eugene, OR (US);
Vladimir Gammer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dave Padowitz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Low, Berkeley, CA (US);
Symyx Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for analyzing a fluid contained within a machine, comprising the steps of providing a machine including a passage for containing a fluid; placing a sensor including a mechanical resonator in the passage; operating the resonator to have a portion thereof translate through the fluid; and monitoring the response of the resonator to the fluid in the passage. A preferred sensor includes a tuning fork resonator.