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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2011
Ronald E. Pelrine, Longmont, CO (US);
Gregory Kent 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 Kent 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 method of propelling a magnetic manipulator above a circuit substrate includes arranging a magnetic manipulator on a diamagnetic layer on a surface of the circuit substrate, generating drive signals using a controller, and applying the drive signals to at least two conductive traces arranged in the circuit substrate below the diamagnetic layer. A circuit substrate to control movement of a magnetic manipulator has a diamagnetic layer on a surface of the substrate, and conductive traces arranged under the diamagnetic layer, the conductive traces arranged in a parallel line pattern in at least two separate layers.