Microfabricated cross flow filter and method of manufacture
    3.
    发明申请
    Microfabricated cross flow filter and method of manufacture 审中-公开
    微型交叉流过滤器及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060266692A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-30

    申请号:US11136552

    申请日:2005-05-25

    IPC分类号: B01D63/00

    摘要: A microfabricated cross flow filter may have multiple filtration stages. The filtration stages may include microfabricated filter barriers and gaps created in a substrate, thereby allowing very tight tolerances in the filter barrier and gap dimensions to be maintained. Using the microfabrication techniques, the filter barriers can be made having arbitrary shapes, and arranged at an angle or curved with respect to the flow direction, making the pressure drop across the filtration stage more uniform in the cross flow direction.

    摘要翻译: 微制造的交叉流过滤器可以具有多个过滤阶段。 过滤阶段可以包括微制造的过滤器屏障和在衬底中产生的间隙,从而允许保持过滤器屏障和间隙尺寸的非常严格的公差。 使用微细加工技术,过滤器屏障可以制成具有任意形状,并且以相对于流动方向成一定角度或弯曲的方式布置,使跨越过滤台的压降在横向方向上更均匀。

    Method and apparatus for assembling an array of micro-devices
    4.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for assembling an array of micro-devices 有权
    用于组装微器件阵列的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060063307A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-23

    申请号:US11272689

    申请日:2005-11-15

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26

    摘要: The invention describes a method and apparatus for deploying micromachined actuators in a plane which is orthogonal to the original fabrication plane of the devices. Using batch-processing, photolithographic procedures known in the micromachined electromechanical system (MEMS) art, a plurality of devices is constructed on a suitable substrate. The devices are then separated one from another by sawing and dicing the original fabrication wafer. The devices are rotated into an orthogonal orientation and affixed to a second wafer. The second wafer also contains circuitry for addressing and manipulating each of the devices independently of the others. With this method and apparatus, arrays of actuators are constructed whose plane of actuation is perpendicular to the plane of the array. This invention is useful for constructing N×M fiber optic switches, which direct light from N input fibers into M output fibers.

    摘要翻译: 本发明描述了一种用于在与装置的原始制造平面正交的平面中展开微机械加工的致动器的方法和装置。 利用微加工机电系统(MEMS)技术中已知的分批处理,光刻工艺,多个器件被构造在合适的衬底上。 然后通过锯切和切割原始制造晶片来将器件彼此分离。 将装置旋转成正交取向并固定到第二晶片。 第二晶片还包含用于独立于其它装置寻址和操纵每个装置的电路。 利用这种方法和装置,构造致动器阵列,其致动平面垂直于阵列的平面。 本发明对于构造NxM光纤开关是有用的,其将来自N个输入光纤的光引导到M个输出光纤中。

    Method and apparatus for assembling an array of micro-devices
    5.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for assembling an array of micro-devices 有权
    用于组装微器件阵列的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20050003631A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-06

    申请号:US10866123

    申请日:2004-06-12

    摘要: The invention describes a method and apparatus for deploying micromachined actuators in a plane which is orthogonal to the original fabrication plane of the devices. Using batch-processing, photolithographic procedures known in the micromachined electro-mechanical system (MEMS) art, a plurality of devices is constructed on a suitable substrate. The devices are then separated one from another by sawing and dicing the original fabrication wafer. The devices are rotated into an orthogonal orientation and affixed to a second wafer. The second wafer also contains circuitry for addressing and manipulating each of the devices independently of the others. With this method and apparatus, arrays of actuators are constructed whose plane of actuation is perpendicular to the plane of the array. This invention is useful for constructing N×M fiber optic switches, which direct light from N input fibers into M output fibers.

    摘要翻译: 本发明描述了一种用于在与装置的原始制造平面正交的平面中展开微机械加工的致动器的方法和装置。 利用微加工机电系统(MEMS)技术中已知的分批处理,光刻工艺,多个器件被构造在合适的衬底上。 然后通过锯切和切割原始制造晶片来将器件彼此分离。 将装置旋转成正交取向并固定到第二晶片。 第二晶片还包含用于独立于其它装置寻址和操纵每个装置的电路。 利用这种方法和装置,构造致动器阵列,其致动平面垂直于阵列的平面。 本发明对于构造NxM光纤开关是有用的,其将来自N个输入光纤的光引导到M个输出光纤中。

    Compact MEMS thermal device and method of manufacture
    6.
    发明申请
    Compact MEMS thermal device and method of manufacture 审中-公开
    紧凑型MEMS热装置及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070096860A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-03

    申请号:US11263912

    申请日:2005-11-02

    IPC分类号: H01H61/00

    摘要: A MEMS thermal device is made in a smaller size by decreasing the distance that the two cantilevered portions, a spring cantilever and a latch cantilever, of the device must travel. The smaller distance is accomplished by positioning the two contact surfaces of the spring cantilever and the latch cantilever adjacent to each other in the quiescent state of the switch. When the switch is closed, the spring cantilever moves laterally to clear the contact surface of the latch cantilever, and then the latch cantilever moves its contact surface into position. To close the switch, the spring cantilever is allowed to relax and return to nearly its original position, except for the presence of the latch contact surface. When the spring cantilever is allowed to relax, it stays in the closed position because of friction or because of an angled shape of the contact surfaces.

    摘要翻译: 通过减小装置的两个悬臂部分(弹簧悬臂和闩锁悬臂)必须行进的距离来制造更小尺寸的MEMS热装置。 通过在开关的静止状态下将弹簧悬臂和闩锁悬臂的两个接触表面彼此相邻地定位,实现较小的距离。 当开关关闭时,弹簧悬臂横向移动以清除闩锁悬臂的接触表面,然后闩锁悬臂将其接触表面移动到位。 为了闭合开关,除了存在闩锁接触面之外,弹簧悬臂可以松弛并返回到其初始位置。 当弹簧悬臂被允许松弛时,由于摩擦或由于接触表面的成角度,它停留在关闭位置。

    System and method for forming moveable features on a composite substrate
    7.
    发明申请
    System and method for forming moveable features on a composite substrate 有权
    用于在复合基底上形成可移动特征的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070196998A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-23

    申请号:US11359558

    申请日:2006-02-23

    IPC分类号: H01L21/30 H01L21/46

    CPC分类号: B81C1/00936 B81C2201/0132

    摘要: A method for forming moveable features suspended over a substrate is described, wherein a cavity beneath the moveable feature is first formed using a liquid etchant applied through one or more release holes. After formation of the cavity, the outline of the moveable feature is formed using a dry etch process. Since the moveable feature is free to move upon its formation using the dry etch process, no stiction issues arise using the systems and methods described here.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于形成悬挂在衬底上的可移动特征的方法,其中首先使用通过一个或多个释放孔施加的液体蚀刻剂形成可移动特征之下的空腔。 在形成空腔之后,使用干蚀刻工艺形成可移动特征的轮廓。 由于可移动特征在使用干蚀刻工艺形成时可以自由移动,所以不使用本文所述的系统和方法产生静电问题。

    MEMS teeter-totter apparatus with curved beam and method of manufacture
    8.
    发明申请
    MEMS teeter-totter apparatus with curved beam and method of manufacture 有权
    具有弯曲梁的MEMS跷跷板装置和制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060277997A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-14

    申请号:US11151442

    申请日:2005-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01P15/125

    摘要: A teeter-totter apparatus uses a curved beam to generate a differential output which may be indicative of an acceleration applied to the apparatus. The curved-beam teeter-totter apparatus can be combined with an x-axis and y-axis accelerometer, to produce a tri-axis accelerometer which is sensitive to an acceleration applied in any direction Damping plates may be added to the accelerometers to reduce unwanted motion.

    摘要翻译: 跷跷板装置使用弯曲光束来产生差分输出,其可以指示施加到装置的加速度。 弯梁式跷跷板装置可以与x轴和y轴加速度计组合,以产生对任何方向施加的加速度敏感的三轴加速度计阻尼板可以添加到加速度计,以减少不必要的 运动。

    Insect Trapping Device
    10.
    发明申请
    Insect Trapping Device 审中-公开
    昆虫捕获装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160255824A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-08

    申请号:US14640064

    申请日:2015-03-06

    申请人: John Foster

    发明人: John Foster

    IPC分类号: A01M3/00 A01M3/02

    CPC分类号: A01M3/005 A01M3/025

    摘要: An insect trapping device traps, kills and facilitates disposal of an insect. The device includes a handle which is hollow defining a conduit extending between a first end and a second end. A fan coupled to the handle in the conduit such that the fan provides suction into the first end of the handle. A cup is coupled to the first end of the handle for directing an insect into the first end of the handle. A receptacle is coupled to the second end of the handle and vented end such that the fan urges air flow out through the receptacle wherein the receptacle receives and holds the insect sucked through the first end of the handle.

    摘要翻译: 昆虫捕获装置捕获,杀死并促进昆虫的处置。 该装置包括一个手柄,该手柄是中空的,限定了在第一端和第二端之间延伸的导管。 风扇,其联接到管道中的把手,使得风扇向手柄的第一端提供抽吸。 杯子联接到手柄的第一端,以将昆虫引导到手柄的第一端。 容器连接到手柄的第二端和通风端,使得风扇促使空气通过容器流出,其中容器容纳并保持通过手柄的第一端吸入的昆虫。