Patents by Inventor Gavin Kar-Fal Ho

Gavin Kar-Fal Ho 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).

  • Patent number: 7924119
    Abstract: A micromechanical resonator operable in a bulk acoustic mode includes a resonator apparatus suspended over a substrate by a plurality of pairs of anchors. The resonator apparatus includes a conductive metal layer, a piezoelectric layer on the conductive metal layer and a plurality of interdigitated electrodes on the piezoelectric layer. The interdigitated electrodes are configured so that a total number of electrode fingers in the plurality of interdigitated electrodes is greater than a total number of the plurality of pairs of anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Farrokh Ayazi, Gavin Kar-Fal Ho, Reza Abdolvand
  • Patent number: 7639105
    Abstract: Disclosed are micromechanical resonator apparatus having features that permit multiple resonators on the same substrate to operate at different operating frequencies. Exemplary micromechanical resonator apparatus includes a support substrate and suspended micromechanical resonator apparatus having a resonance frequency. In one embodiment, the suspended micromechanical resonator apparatus comprises a device substrate that is suspended from and attached to the support substrate, a piezoelectric layer formed on the suspended device substrate, and a plurality of interdigitated upper electrodes formed on the piezoelectric layer. In another embodiment, the suspended micromechanical resonator apparatus comprises a device substrate that is suspended from and attached to the support substrate, a lower electrode formed on the suspended device substrate, a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode, and a plurality of interdigitated upper electrodes formed on the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Farrokh Ayazi, Gavin Kar-Fal Ho, Reza Abdolvand