Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Reexamination Certificate
2009-08-03
2011-11-22
Takaoka, Dean O (Department: 2817)
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
C310S312000, C333S186000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08061013
ABSTRACT:
A micro-electromechanical resonator includes an electrically-trimmed resonator body having at least one stiffness-enhanced semiconductor region therein containing metal-semiconductor lattice bonds. These metal-semiconductor lattice bonds may be gold-silicon lattice bonds and/or aluminum-silicon lattice bonds. A surface of the resonator body is mass-loaded with the metal, which may be provided by a plurality of spaced-apart metal islands. These metal islands may be aligned along a longitudinal axis of the resonator body. A size of the at least one stiffness-enhanced polycrystalline semiconductor region may be sufficient to yield an increase in resonant frequency of the resonator body relative to an otherwise equivalent resonator having a single crystal resonator body that is free of mass-loading by the metal.
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Ayazi Farrokh
Samarao Ashwin
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec P.A.
Takaoka Dean O
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