Patent ID: 9571013
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01N,H02N,H03H

Claim:
1. A micromechanical resonator comprising: a substrate; a first plate disposed on the substrate and not coupled with the substrate; a first anchor coupled to the first plate and coupled with the substrate; a second plate disposed on the substrate and not coupled with the substrate; a second anchor coupled to the second plate and the substrate; a first beam coupled with the first plate and the second plate; a second beam coupled with the first plate and the second plate; and a first pad coupled with the first beam; a second pad coupled with the second beam, wherein the first pad and the second pad are configured to apply a DC current to the first beam and the second beam that flows from the first pad to the second pad through the first beam and second beam, and at least one of the first plate and the second plate, wherein the two plates resonate in response to flux in thermal energy when the DC current is applied to the first beam and second beam, wherein a voltage across the first beam and/or the second beam varies in response to the DC current applied to the first beam and second beam, wherein the first plate and the second plate have the same mass within fabrication tolerances.