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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Guiti Zolfagharkhani, Brighton, MA (US);
Jan H. Kuypers, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexei Gaidarzhy, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Guiti Zolfagharkhani, Brighton, MA (US);
Jan H. Kuypers, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alexei Gaidarzhy, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/10 (2006.01); G01C 19/56 (2012.01); G01P 15/097 (2006.01); G01C 19/5733 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/097 (2013.01); G01C 19/5733 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device or system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a resonant structure having a plate, a mass and a set of electrodes. The plate can have an extensional mode at a frequency when excited. The set of electrodes can be used to measure an acceleration of the mass when the acceleration of the mass changes the frequency of the plate. Other embodiments are disclosed.