Patents by Inventor Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 6853041Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for a new class of micro-machined electromechanical devices that make use of vibrating membranes. The electromechanical devices include two or more electrodes which are positioned with a membrane. A gap exists between the membrane and each electrode which may vary for each electrode. In general, one electrode is used as an input electrode which receives an electrical signal that causes vibration of the membrane. The vibration of the membrane is then coupled to a receiving or an output electrode. A DC bias voltage is applied to the electrodes to set or modify a width of a gap in the electromechanical device. The electromechanical device could be designed as a transformer, a capacitor, a resonator or a filter. In addition, the device includes a control voltage to dynamically change the coupling between the input electrode and the output electrode(s).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub, Fahrettin Levent Degertekin, Arif Sanli Ergun
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Patent number: 6567572Abstract: An optical displacement sensor is provided for optically measuring the static and dynamic displacement of one or more reflectors that can be integrated in electronics and optics applications. The sensor includes an optically transparent substrate and a reflective grating deposited on the substrate. A light source provides optical illumination on the reflector through the substrate and the reflective grating. The reflector is positioned over the substrate and over the reflective grating. Furthermore, one or more photo-detectors are included to monitor reflected and diffracted light from the reflector and the reflective grating. The position of the reflector can be adjusted by applying at least one DC voltage. An AC signal could be added to at least one DC bias voltage for calibration of the sensor. The present invention also includes an array of reflectors as well as a transmission grating to deflect the optical illumination to the array of reflectors.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Fahrettin Levent Degertekin, Goksen G. Yaralioglu, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Patent number: 6445109Abstract: A transducer suitable for ultrasonic applications, fluid drop ejection and scanning force microscopy. The transducer comprises a thin piezoelectric ring bonded to a thin fully supported clamped membrane. Voltages applied to said piezoelectric ring excite axisymmetric resonant modes in the clamped membrane.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Gökhan Perçin, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Publication number: 20020075098Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for a new class of micro-machined electromechanical devices that make use of vibrating membranes. The electromechanical devices include two or more electrodes which are positioned with a membrane. A gap exists between the membrane and each electrode which may vary for each electrode. In general, one electrode is used as an input electrode which receives an electrical signal that causes vibration of the membrane. The vibration of the membrane is then coupled to a receiving or an output electrode. A DC bias voltage is applied to the electrodes to set or modify a width of a gap in the electromechanical device. The electromechanical device could be designed as a transformer, a capacitor, a resonator or a filter. In addition, the device includes a control voltage to dynamically change the coupling between the input electrode and the output electrode(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub, Fahrettin Levent Degertekin, Arif Sanli Ergun
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Publication number: 20020039463Abstract: An optical displacement sensor is provided for optically measuring the static and dynamic displacement of one or more reflectors that can be integrated in electronics and optics applications. The sensor includes an optically transparent substrate and a reflective grating deposited on the substrate. A light source provides optical illumination on the reflector through the substrate and the reflective grating. The reflector is positioned over the substrate and over the reflective grating. Furthermore, one or more photo-detectors are included to monitor reflected and diffracted light from the reflector and the reflective grating. The position of the reflector can be adjusted by applying at least one DC voltage. An AC signal could be added to at least one DC bias voltage for calibration of the sensor. The present invention also includes an array of reflectors as well as a transmission grating to deflect the optical illumination to the array of reflectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Inventors: Fahrettin Levent Degertekin, Goksen G. Yaralioglu, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Publication number: 20010035700Abstract: A transducer suitable for ultrasonic applications, fluid drop ejection and scanning force microscopy. The transducer comprises a thin piezoelectric ring bonded to a thin fully supported clamped membrane. Voltages applied to said piezoelectric ring excite axisymmetric resonant modes in the clamped membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Gokhan Percin, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Patent number: 6291927Abstract: A transducer suitable for ultrasonic applications, fluid drop ejection and scanning force microscopy. The transducer comprises a thin piezoelectric ring bonded to a thin fully supported clamped membrane. Voltages applied to said piezoelectric ring excite axisymmetric resonant modes in the clamped membrane.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1998Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Gökhan Percin, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Patent number: 6010316Abstract: A micropump in which a fluid is pumped by the interaction of longitudinal acoustic waves and the fluid in the microchannel. The micropump having an acoustical transducer responsive to a high-frequency input and directing a longitudinal acoustic wave into the channel which induces a pressure gradient. The fluid in the channel flowing in the direction of travel of the acoustic wave in the channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1996Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Matthew Isaac Haller, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Patent number: 6004832Abstract: A method of fabrication wherein a nitride layer is spaced from a conductive substrate by an insulating layer and etching removes at least portions of an insulating layer to leave a nitride membrane spaced from the substrate. The surface of the conductive layer where the insulating layer is removed is chemically roughened and the etchant is removed by freeze-drying and sublimation to eliminate sticking of the nitride layer to the substrate surface during fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1997Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Matthew Isaac Haller, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Patent number: 5894452Abstract: An ultrasonic capacitance transducer having a sealed membrane supported above a conductive substrate by thin insulating material to form a sealed evacuated cavity whereby the transducer can operate immersed in fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1996Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Igal Ladabaum, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub, Hyongsok Soh
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Patent number: 5870351Abstract: A broadband microfabricated ultrasonic transducer which includes a plurality of resonant membranes of different sizes and/or shapes supported above a conductive substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1996Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Igal Ladabaum, Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub
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Patent number: 5828394Abstract: An improved fluid drop ejector is disclosed which includes one wall including a thin elastic membrane having an orifice defining a nozzle and elements responsive to electrical signals for deflecting the membrane to eject drops of fluid from the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1995Date of Patent: October 27, 1998Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Butrus Thomas Khuri-Yakub, Laurent Levin