Microfabricated bulk wave acoustic bandgap device

Details Microfabricated bulk wave acoustic bandgap device Microfabricated bulk wave acoustic bandgap device

2010-04-21

2010-11-23

Barnie, Rexford N (Department: 2819)

Metal working

Piezoelectric device making

C333S187000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07836566

ABSTRACT:
A microfabricated bulk wave acoustic bandgap device comprises a periodic two-dimensional array of scatterers embedded within the matrix material membrane, wherein the scatterer material has a density and/or elastic constant that is different than the matrix material and wherein the periodicity of the array causes destructive interference of the acoustic wave within an acoustic bandgap. The membrane can be suspended above a substrate by an air or vacuum gap to provide acoustic isolation from the substrate. The device can be fabricated using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies. Such microfabricated bulk wave phononic bandgap devices are useful for acoustic isolation in the ultrasonic, VHF, or UHF regime (i.e., frequencies of order 1 MHz to 10 GHz and higher, and lattice constants of order 100 μm or less).

REFERENCES:
patent: 7586390 (2009-09-01), Matsumoto et al.
patent: 2003/0029010 (2003-02-01), Aime

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