Category Archives: Pending Patents

Piezoelectric Resonant MEMS Balances with High Liquid Phase Q

M. Mahdavi, A. Moses, and S. Pourkamali, “Piezoelectric Resonant MEMS Balances with High Liquid Phase Q,” Invention Disclosure filed with UT-Dallas Office of Technology Commercialization, October 2014, Application not pursued.

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Internal Thermal-Piezoresistive Sensitivity Enhancement of MEMS Gyroscopes

X. Guo, and S. Pourkamali, “Internal Thermal-Piezoresistive Sensitivity Enhancement of MEMS Gyroscopes,” Invention Disclosure filed with UT-Dallas Office of Technology Commercialization, October 2014, Application not pursued.

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Self-Sustained High-Frequenc

A. Ramezany, and S. Pourkamali, “Resonant Piezoresistors for Narrow-Band Amplification,” Invention Disclosure filed with UT-Dallas Office of Technology Commercialization, Provisional Patent Application filed June 2014, Application Abandoned, June 2015.

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Electrostatic Internal Actuation of Micro/Nanomechanical Resonators using Embedded Monolithic Semiconductor PN Junctions

S. Pourkamali, “Electrostatic Internal Actuation of Micro/Nanomechanical Resonators using Embedded Monolithic Semiconductor PN Junctions,” May 2009. Provisional Application Filed, December 2009, Application abandoned December 2010.

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Low-Cost Solar Energy Harvesting Using Semiconductor Powder

S. Pourkamali, “Low-Cost Solar Energy Harvesting Using Semiconductor Powder,” October 2008. Application abandoned.

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Arrays of Partially Encapsulated Silicon Capacitive Resonators for High Resolution Wireless Chemical and Biological Sensing

S. Pourkamali, “Arrays of Partially Encapsulated Silicon Capacitive Resonators for High Resolution Wireless Chemical and Biological Sensing,” August 2007. Application abandoned.

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