Patent ID: 9396810
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G10K,G11C

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: disposing a plurality of particles within a set of wells on a first surface, wherein the set of wells is one of a plurality of sets of wells, wherein each of the wells is spaced at intervals along a longitudinal axis of a first surface by a spacing distance from an adjacent set of wells, and wherein the plurality of particles are positioned between the first surface and a substantially parallel buffer surface separated from the first surface by a gap distance; generating, via a transducer, an acoustic wave with an amplitude corresponding to the spacing distance and the gap distance; displacing, via the acoustic wave, the first surface and associated wells by at least the spacing distance along the longitudinal axis at a peak amplitude of the acoustic wave; and securing at least some of the plurality of particles to the buffer surface during at least a portion of displacement of the first surface as the first surface nears the buffer surface during a cycle of the acoustic wave, wherein the plurality of particles are secured to the buffer surface for an integer multiple of the spacing distance, and wherein the integer multiple is greater than zero, such that each of the plurality of particles is shifted from an original well to a different well during each cycle of the acoustic wave.