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Mechanical resonator device having phenomena-dependent electrical stiffness

  • US 6,958,566 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2002
  • Issued: 10/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mechanical resonator device having a resonant frequency, the device comprising:

  • a micromechanical resonator; and

    an electrode adjacent the micromechanical resonator to obtain an electrode-to-resonator gap wherein electrical stiffness generated across the gap is phenomena-dependent and wherein a control voltage between the electrode and the micromechanical resonator is applied to take instability of the resonant frequency caused by the phenomena into consideration rather than for excitation of the micromechanical resonator.

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