Phononic crystal devices
First Claim
1. A radiofrequency identification tag device, comprising:
- a phononic crystal that suppresses thermally generated phonons in one or more frequency bands, anda piezoelectric crystal acoustically coupled to the phononic crystal that generates a voltage signal at one or more frequencies where the thermal phonons are not suppressed by the phononic crystal.
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Abstract
Phononic crystals that have the ability to modify and control the thermal black body phonon distribution and the phonon component of heat transport in a solid. In particular, the thermal conductivity and heat capacity can be modified by altering the phonon density of states in a phononic crystal. The present invention is directed to phononic crystal devices and materials such as radio frequency (RF) tags powered from ambient heat, dielectrics with extremely low thermal conductivity, thermoelectric materials with a higher ratio of electrical-to-thermal conductivity, materials with phononically engineered heat capacity, phononic crystal waveguides that enable accelerated cooling, and a variety of low temperature application devices.
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9 Claims
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1. A radiofrequency identification tag device, comprising:
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a phononic crystal that suppresses thermally generated phonons in one or more frequency bands, and a piezoelectric crystal acoustically coupled to the phononic crystal that generates a voltage signal at one or more frequencies where the thermal phonons are not suppressed by the phononic crystal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A phononic bandgap thermocouple, comprising:
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a first thermocouple material having a first phononic crystal structure that suppresses thermally generated phonons in one or more frequency bands, and a second thermocouple material having a second phononic crystal structure that suppresses thermally generated phonons in one or more frequency bands, and wherein the first and second thermocouple materials form a thermocouple junction. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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- 8. A phononic crystal waveguide, comprising a two-dimensional periodic arrangement of scattering centers in a dielectric material host matrix with a high acoustic impedance mismatch between the scattering centers and the host matrix, wherein at least one row of the scattering centers is removed to provide a phononic crystal waveguide and means for imposing a temperature gradient across the at least one removed row of scattering centers the waveguide.
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