ELECTRO-MECHANICAL OSCILLATING DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
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1. A device designed to convert the frequency of a signal comprising:
- a first mechanical oscillating element; and
a second mechanical oscillating element coupled to the first mechanical oscillating element,wherein the device is adapted to convert the frequency of a carrier signal from a first frequency to a second frequency, and at least one of the first frequency or the second frequency is in the gigahertz range.
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Abstract
Electro-mechanical oscillating devices designed to convert the frequency of electrical signal(s) and methods associated with the same are described. One example of such a frequency converting device is a mixer.
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42 Claims
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1. A device designed to convert the frequency of a signal comprising:
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a first mechanical oscillating element; and a second mechanical oscillating element coupled to the first mechanical oscillating element, wherein the device is adapted to convert the frequency of a carrier signal from a first frequency to a second frequency, and at least one of the first frequency or the second frequency is in the gigahertz range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device designed to convert the frequency of a signal comprising:
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a first major mechanical oscillating element; and at least one minor mechanical oscillating element coupled to the first major mechanical oscillating element, the minor element having a large dimension in the submicron range, wherein the device is adapted to convert the frequency of a carrier signal from a first frequency to a second frequency. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of converting the frequency of a carrier signal comprising:
converting a frequency of a carrier signal from a first frequency to a second frequency using a device comprising a first mechanical oscillating element, wherein at least one of the first frequency or the second frequency is greater than 1 GHz. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of converting the frequency of a carrier signal comprising:
converting a frequency of a carrier signal from a first frequency to a second frequency using a mixing device comprising at least one mechanical oscillating element having a large dimension in the submicron range.
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26. A method of converting the frequency of an input signal comprising:
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providing a single input signal having a first frequency to a mechanical oscillating element; and converting the frequency of the input signal to form an output signal having a second frequency. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of converting the frequency of an input signal comprising:
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providing a first input signal having a first frequency to a first mechanical oscillating element; providing a second input signal having a second frequency to a second mechanical oscillating element, wherein the first mechanical oscillating element is coupled to the second mechanical oscillating element; and producing an output signal having a third frequency. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A device configured to convert the frequency of a single input signal having a first frequency provided to a mechanical oscillating element to form an output signal having a second frequency.
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42. A frequency converting device configured to have an first input signal having a first frequency provided to a first mechanical oscillating element and a second input signal having a second frequency provided to a second mechanical oscillating element,
wherein the first mechanical oscillating element is coupled to the second mechanical oscillating element and the device is configured to produce an output signal having a third frequency.
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