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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Ronald E. Pelrine, Longmont, CO (US);
Gregory K. Myers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Annjoe Wong-foy, Pacifica, CA (US);
James A. Herson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas P. Low, Belmont, CA (US);
Ronald E. Pelrine, Longmont, CO (US);
Gregory K. Myers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Annjoe Wong-Foy, Pacifica, CA (US);
James A. Herson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas P. Low, Belmont, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A system has a circuit substrate having conductive traces in a first layer of the substrate, the traces arranged in independent zones, a diamagnetic layer residing on a surface of the circuit substrate, at least two manipulators residing adjacent the magnetic layer, the manipulators being moveable within the zones, the manipulators being magnetic and controllable through magnetic fields, and a controller electrically coupled to the traces arranged to produce signals to generate magnetic fields.