Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AT LEAST ONE DESIRED CHANNEL UTILIZING A BANK OF VIBRATING MICROMECHANICAL APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001082476
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Several MEMS-based methods and architectures which utilize vibrating micromechanical resonators in circuits to implement filtering, mixing, frequency reference and amplifying functions are provided. For example, a method and apparatus for selecting at least one desired channel in an RF receiver subsystem is shown. One of the primary benefits of the use of such architectures is a savings in power consumption by trading power by high selectivity (i.e., high Q). Consequently, the present invention relies on the use of a large number of micromechanical links in SSI to VLSI networks to implement signal processing functions with basically zero DC power consumption.
Inventors:
NGUYEN CLARK T C (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/040562
Publication Date:
August 15, 2002
Filing Date:
April 20, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV MICHIGAN (US)
NGUYEN CLARK T C (US)
NGUYEN CLARK T C (US)
International Classes:
B81B3/00; H03B5/30; H03H5/12; H03H7/12; H03H9/00; H03H9/02; H03H9/24; H03H9/46; H03H9/50; H03H11/04; H04B1/04; H04B1/18; H04B1/40; H01H59/00; (IPC1-7): H03H9/46
Foreign References:
| US5537083A | 1996-07-16 | |||
| EP0962999A2 | 1999-12-08 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1290788A2
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