Simple, sensitive, frequency-tuned drop detector

Details Simple, sensitive, frequency-tuned drop detector Simple, sensitive, frequency-tuned drop detector

1988-01-19

1989-05-30

Budd, Mark O.

Electrical generator or motor structure

Non-dynamoelectric

Piezoelectric elements and devices

310323, 310328, 310800, 346 75, 346140R, H01L 4108

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048354350

ABSTRACT:
A drop detector having a piezoelectric membrane mounted to a substrate is presented. When a drop strikes the piezoelectric membrane, the membrane vibrates at a selected resonant frequency. The resonant frequency is selected to enhance the sensitivity of the drop detector and the signal-to-noise ratio of the output. The value of the selected resonant frequency depends on the type of material used for the piezoelectric membrane, the thickness of the membrane, the mounting of the membrane to the substrate, and other parameters such as the coating on the membrane. The vibrations of the membrane produce an output signal having a frequency equal to the selected resonant frequency. Since the frequency of the output signal is known, the output signal can be filtered with a bandpass filter to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of the output signal. The resulting membrane drop detector is a high sensitivity, high signal-to-noise ratio drop detector.

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