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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2003
Applicant:
Terence J. Knowles, Barrington, IL (US);
Inventor:
Terence J. Knowles, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
TexZec, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An acoustic wave sensor/resonator utilizes a torsional wave trapped in an acoustic wave cavity that is formed in a noncylindrical substrate. An acoustic wave transducer is positioned adjacent the acoustic wave cavity off of the centerline of the cavity and in a plane parallel to a planar surface of the acoustic wave cavity to generate the torsional wave. The acoustic wave transducer can be a piezoelectric transducer or an electromagnetic transducer. Further, the torsional wave can be generated by a single transducer or multiple transducers.