Method and apparatus for selecting at least one desired channel utilizing a bank of vibrating micromechanical apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6680660
APP PUB NO 20030184413A1
SERIAL NO

10342029

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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 for 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.

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THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN1600 HURON PARKWAY 2ND FLOOR ANN ARBOR MI 48109-2590

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Nguyen, Clark T C Ann Arbor, MI 20 238

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