MICROFLUIDIC DISPENSING DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF EJECTION CHAMBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210177061A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17118452

    申请日:2020-12-10

    Abstract: A microfluidic dispensing device has a plurality of chambers arranged in sequence, each having an inlet receiving a liquid to be dispensed and a nozzle for emitting a drop of liquid. An actuator in each chamber receives an actuation quantity and causes a drop of liquid to be emitted by the nozzle of the respective chamber. A drop emission detection element in each chamber generates an actuation command upon detecting the emission of a drop of liquid. A sequential activation electric circuit includes a plurality of sequential activation elements, one for each chamber, each coupled to the drop emission detection element of the respective chamber and to an actuator associated with a subsequent chamber in the sequence of chambers. Each sequential activation element receives the actuation command from the drop emission detection element associated with the respective chamber and activates the actuator associated with the subsequent chamber in the sequence of chambers.

    MEMS DEVICE COMPRISING A MEMBRANE AND AN ACTUATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210206625A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US17208918

    申请日:2021-03-22

    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a semiconductor support body having a first cavity, a membrane including a peripheral portion, fixed to the support body, and a suspended portion. A first deformable structure is at a distance from a central part of the suspended portion of the membrane and a second deformable structure is laterally offset relative to the first deformable structure towards the peripheral portion of the membrane. A projecting region is fixed under the membrane. The second deformable structure is deformable so as to translate the central part of the suspended portion of the membrane along a first direction, and the first deformable structure is deformable so as to translate the central part of the suspended portion of the membrane along a second direction.

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