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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Casper Van Der Avoort, Waalre, NL;
Andreas Bernardus Maria Jansman, Nuenen, NL;
Inventors:
Casper van der Avoort, Waalre, NL;
Andreas Bernardus Maria Jansman, Nuenen, NL;
Assignee:
NXP, B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/02 (2006.01); H03H 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/02259 (2013.01); H03H 2009/02488 (2013.01); H03H 9/02433 (2013.01); H03H 2009/02251 (2013.01); H03H 9/2452 (2013.01);
Abstract
A resonator comprising a resonator body and actuation electrodes for driving the resonator into a resonant mode, in which the resonator body vibrates parallel to a first axis. The resonator comprises means to apply a voltage to the resonator in a direction perpendicular to the first axis direction. This serves to shift the frequency of resonant modes other than the principal resonant mode, and this allows increased amplitude of output signal from the resonator.