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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Mel Strachan, Edinburgh, GB;
Katherine Joanne Kirk, Paisley, GB;
Alexander Cochran, Dundee, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Science and Technology Facilities Council, Wiltshire, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/12 (2006.01); G01B 17/04 (2006.01); H01L 41/083 (2006.01); H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 17/04 (2013.01); H01L 41/083 (2013.01); H01L 41/0825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device comprising a solid-state actuator (), means for inputting an acoustic signal to the actuator () and means for measuring the resultant signal (). The measured acoustic signal can be used to determine the extension of the solid-state actuator.