Measuring and testing – Vibration
Patent
1997-09-26
2000-05-02
Williams, Hezron
Measuring and testing
Vibration
210748, 734321, 55 15, 55277, B01D 1706
Patent
active
060558598
ABSTRACT:
A method of non-contact micromanipulation using ultrasound includes disposing in a liquid medium in which micro particles are distributed, an ultrasound transducer comprising a transducer plate, a surface electrode wholly covering a first principal surface of the transducer plate and a reverse surface electrode on a second principal surface of the transducer plate comprising a plurality of short electrode strips arranged in parallel, and a reflector set in parallel opposition to the first principal surface of the transducer plate from which the reflector is spaced apart by a prescribed distance, applying a voltage to at least one electrode strip selected from the plurality of electrode strips to radiate ultrasound to form a standing wave field between the ultrasound transducer and the reflector to trap micro particles, and electrically switching the voltage being applied to the selected electrode strip to an adjacent electrode strip to move the standing wave field by moving a position of ultrasound radiated by the ultrasound transducer to thereby move the trapped micro particles in a direction in which the electrode strips are arrayed.
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Kozuka Teruyuki
Mitome Hideto
Tuziuti Toru
Agency Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
Miller Rose M.
Williams Hezron
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