Planar transmission line resonator frequency control of localized transducers
First Claim
1. A transmission line based control device for an integrated transducer, the device comprising:
- a substrate providing or coupled to the transducer;
a resonator configured to receive an AC electromagnetic input signal directly, or via an electrically conductive main line coupled with the resonator, wherein the resonator is configured to resonate at its characteristic AC electromagnetic input signal frequency to energize the transducer at a first energy level, and wherein the resonator is also configured to be off-resonance at a frequency different from its characteristic AC electromagnetic input signal frequency to energize the transducer at a second energy level that is less than the first energy level, thereby providing variable frequency control of energizing the transducer.
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Abstract
Localized heating can be provided using fixed-frequency planar transmission line resonators arranged along a main-line, and tuning an electromagnetic input signal frequency applied to the main line to selectively address and energize one or more planar resonators for also addressing and energizing one or more correspondingly located active substrate transducer heat sources for depositing heat in an adjacent active substrate. More generally, adjusting input signal frequency to select one or more planar resonators arranged along a main line can be used to selectively address and energize an electromagnetic-to-heat, an electromagnetic-to-vibration, or other transducer to controllably direct energy toward a desired transducer load.
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18 Claims
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1. A transmission line based control device for an integrated transducer, the device comprising:
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a substrate providing or coupled to the transducer; a resonator configured to receive an AC electromagnetic input signal directly, or via an electrically conductive main line coupled with the resonator, wherein the resonator is configured to resonate at its characteristic AC electromagnetic input signal frequency to energize the transducer at a first energy level, and wherein the resonator is also configured to be off-resonance at a frequency different from its characteristic AC electromagnetic input signal frequency to energize the transducer at a second energy level that is less than the first energy level, thereby providing variable frequency control of energizing the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of using a transmission line based control device to control a transducer, the method comprising:
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receiving an AC electromagnetic input signal; using the received AC electromagnetic input signal at a first frequency to resonate a resonator at a characteristic AC electromagnetic input signal frequency to energize the transducer at a first energy level; and using the received AC electromagnetic input signal at a second frequency to put the resonator off-resonance at a frequency different from the characteristic AC electromagnetic input signal frequency to energize the transducer at a second energy level that is less than the first energy level, thereby providing variable frequency control of energizing the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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