Patents by Inventor Xueen Yang

Xueen Yang 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).

  • Variable electronic circuit component
    Patent number: 6914785
    Abstract: A circuit component has an elastically deformable first structure, a second structure, and a support structure coupling the first and second structures, wherein the support structure acts a fulcrum about which the first structure can be variably deformed in response to a variable force, to provide either a variable capacitor or a variable tank circuit having a variable capacitor and an inductor. In one particular embodiment, the circuit component includes a zipper actuator for elastically deforming the first structure. A method of making a circuit component includes forming an elastically deformable first structure, forming a second structure, and forming a support structure coupling the first and second structures, to provide either a variable capacitor or a variable tank circuit having a variable capacitor and an inductor. In one particular embodiment, the method includes forming a zipper actuator for elastically deforming the first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alexander H. Slocum, Jeffrey Lang, James R. White, Hong Ma, Xueen Yang