Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-21
2005-06-21
Budd, Mark (Department: 2834)
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
C310S312000, C310S324000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06909221
ABSTRACT:
A piezoelectric resonator is disclosed. In one embodiment the piezoelectric resonator includes a resonating member having a bi-directionally adjustable resonance frequency, the resonating member including a semiconductor material of a semiconductor-on-insulator wafer, the semiconductor-on-insulator wafer including an oxide layer adjacent to the semiconductor material and a handle layer adjacent to the oxide layer, the oxide layer disposed between the handle layer and the semiconductor material, and electrode, and a piezoelectric material disposed between the semiconductor material and the electrode, and a capacitor created by the semiconductor material and the handle layer separated by an air gap formed out of the oxide layer, wherein the capacitor is configured to receive a direct current voltage that adjusts the resonance frequency of the resonating member.
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Abdolvand Reza
Ayazi Farrokh
Ho Gavin Kar-Fai
Humad Shweta
Piazza Gianluca
Budd Mark
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley LLP
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