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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Igor Bargatin, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jessica L. Arlett, Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael L. Roukes, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inna Kozinsky, Pasadena, CA (US);
John Sequoyah Aldridge, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Edward B. Myers, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Igor Bargatin, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jessica L. Arlett, Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael L. Roukes, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inna Kozinsky, Pasadena, CA (US);
John Sequoyah Aldridge, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Edward B. Myers, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for thermally actuating piezoresistive cantilevers are described. One embodiment includes a nanoelectromechanical resonator connected in at least one location to a substrate, an electrically conductive path formed on the resonator and a signal source connected to the electrically conductive path and configured to provide an oscillating actuation signal capable of exciting a resonant mode in the resonator.