Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090243772 | BISTABLE MAGNETIC NANOSWITCH - A nanoswitch device comprising:
| 10-01-2009 |
20090321793 | DEVICE SENSITIVE TO A MOVEMENT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE TRANSISTOR - The invention relates to a detection device using at least one transistor ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100219489 | NANOWIRE SENSOR DEVICE - The invention concerns a sensor device, of nanowire type, comprising at least one nanowire comprising a first conductive region ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100219893 | RESONANT DEVICE WITH IMPROVED FEATURES - The device resonant comprises a plurality of synchronized oscillators. Each oscillator comprises a resonator which comprises detection means providing detection signals representative of oscillation of the resonator to a feedback loop connected to an excitation input of the resonator. The detection signals control the conductivity of the feedback loop of the oscillator. The excitation inputs of all the resonators are connected to a common point which constitutes the output of the resonant device. A capacitive load is connected between said common point and a reference voltage. | 09-02-2010 |
20100219895 | TRANSISTOR-BASED MICROMETRIC OR NANOMETRIC RESONANT DEVICE - The resonant device comprises an electromechanical resonator of nanometric or micrometric size that comprises a mobile element and a fixed element. Detection means provide detection signals representative of movement of the mobile element with respect to the fixed element to a feedback loop that is connected to an excitation input of the resonator. The resonator is formed on the same substrate as the detection means and feedback loop. The feedback loop comprises at most first and second transistors connected in series between a reference voltage and the excitation terminal. A capacitive load is connected between the excitation terminal and reference voltage. The detection signals control the conductivity of the first transistor. | 09-02-2010 |
20100219897 | OSCILLATOR BASED ON SERIES OF FOUR NANOWIRES - The oscillator comprises at least a first series of a multiple of four sub-assemblies each of which comprises an excitation terminal and an output terminal. The sub-assemblies are arranged in series in a closed loop. The output terminal of each sub-assembly is connected to the excitation terminal of the following sub-assembly. The output terminal of one of the sub-assemblies constitutes the output terminal of the oscillator. Each sub-assembly comprises excitation means and a nanowire which constitutes the electromechanical resonator and the piezoresistive detection means of movement of the resonator. A first terminal of the nanowire is connected to a first supply voltage. The second terminal of the nanowire constitutes the output terminal of the sub-assembly which is grounded via a corresponding resistive circuit. An input terminal of the excitation means constitutes the excitation terminal of the sub-assembly. | 09-02-2010 |
20120199736 | MICRO-REFLECTRON FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER - A micro-reflectron for a time-of-flight mass spectrometer including a substrate and integrated with the volume of the substrate, means for application of a potential gradient in a volume suitable for constituting a flight zone of the ions. The means of application includes at least two polarization electrodes and a wall of at least one resistive material that can be polarized between these electrodes so as to generate a continuous potential gradient, itself providing the function of reflectron, this flight zone, these electrodes and this wall being obtained by the technology of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and this micro-reflectron having a thickness of less than 5 millimetres while its other dimensions are less than 10 times this thickness. | 08-09-2012 |
20120272742 | NEMS COMPRISING ALSI ALLOY BASED TRANSDUCTION MEANS - The invention relates to a nano electro- mechanical system (NEMS) formed on a substrate ( | 11-01-2012 |
20130144542 | ANALYSIS DEVICE INCLUDING A MEMS AND/OR NEMS NETWORK - A device for analyzing a fluid, including a layer including a plurality of sensors of MEMS and/or NEMS type, a layer including a mechanism controlling the sensor and for processing information transmitted by the sensors, the control and processing mechanism being electrically connected to the detectors, and a layer positioned on the layer including the sensors on a side of a face including the sensors including a mechanism spatially and temporally distributing the fluid on the sensors. | 06-06-2013 |
20130170517 | BOLOMETER HAVING FREQUENCY DETECTION - A bolometer including: at least one electromechanical microsystem or nanosystem, the microsystem or nanosystem including a support and a mobile mass hung from beams above the support, the mobile mass forming an absorber of optical flux; actuation electrodes configured to set the mobile mass in vibration and arranged laterally relative to the mobile mass; and detection electrodes to detect variation in vibration frequency of the mobile mass arranged laterally relative to the mobile mass. | 07-04-2013 |
20130214644 | DEVICE WITH SUSPENDED BEAM AND PIEZORESISTIVE MEANS OF DETECTING DISPLACEMENT OF THE BEAM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE - A device with a suspended beam and piezoresistive means of detecting displacement of the beam and a method of manufacturing the device are disclosed. The device comprises a support, a suspended beam, moving parallel to the plane of the support, and means of detecting displacement, comprising at least two piezoresistive strain gauges that are not in line with each other. The beam is suspended through detection means. The two gauges are located on two opposite lateral faces of the beam respectively. | 08-22-2013 |
20140001353 | MICRO-REFLECTRON FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER | 01-02-2014 |
20140013848 | MEASURING SYSTEM HAVING ELECTROMECHANICAL RESONATORS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR READING AT LEAST TWO ELECTROMECHANICAL RESONATORS - A measuring system including: at least two electromechanical resonators each having a resonant frequency varying around an offload resonant frequency according to a physical quantity to be measured; at least one reading device connected to inputs of the resonators and configured to supply an excitation signal on the inputs; and a memory in which is recorded, for each resonator, offload resonance information relating to the offload resonant frequency of the resonator. Each reading device is configured to determine the resonant frequency of one or more resonators selected for reading by configuring at least one element of the reading device using the offload resonance information stored for each selected resonator. | 01-16-2014 |
20140076024 | THERMAL FLOW SENSOR WITH VIBRATING ELEMENT AND GAS SENSOR COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH SENSOR - The invention relates to a thermal flow sensor comprising:
| 03-20-2014 |
20140079091 | HEAT FLUX SENSOR WITH INCREASED RESOLUTION - A heat flux sensor comprising at least one support, where at least one membrane is suspended relative to the support by at least four nanowires, where the membrane is made from at least one current-conducting material, and where the nanowires are made from a current-conducting material, with two nanowires connected to a current source to polarise the membrane between two terminals and a heater for heating the membrane, and where two nanowires are connected to a voltmeter to form measure the voltage at the terminals of the membrane. | 03-20-2014 |