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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2006
Maxim Zalalutdinov, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Robert B. Reichenbach, Ithaca, NY (US);
Keith Aubin, Freeville, NY (US);
Brian H. Houston, Fairfax, VA (US);
Jeevak M. Parpia, Ithaca, NY (US);
Harold G. Craighead, Ithaca, NY (US);
Maxim Zalalutdinov, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Robert B. Reichenbach, Ithaca, NY (US);
Keith Aubin, Freeville, NY (US);
Brian H. Houston, Fairfax, VA (US);
Jeevak M. Parpia, Ithaca, NY (US);
Harold G. Craighead, Ithaca, NY (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Navel Research Laboratory, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A micromechanical resonator is formed on a substrate. The resonator has a partial spherical shell clamped on an outside portion of the shell to the substrate. In other embodiments, a flat disc or other shape may be used. Movement is induced in a selected portion of the disc, inducing easily detectible out-of-plane motion. A laser is used in one embodiment to heat the selected portion of the disc and induce the motion. The motion may be detected by capacitive or interferometric techniques.