Patent ID: 6737939
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B82Y,H03H,Y10S

Abstract:
A tunable nanofilter comprising:an input and an output waveguide; a substrate having at least one electrode disposed thereon; an electrode power source for producing an electrode bias in signal communication with the electrode; and at least one ordered array of a plurality of mechanically resonating members, wherein at least one portion of each of the resonating members is fixedly attached to the substrate and in contact with the electrode and at least one portion of each of the resonating members is free to oscillate at a resonant frequency, the array being in signal communication with the electrode such that an electrode bias applied to the resonating members of the array alters the resonant frequency of the resonating members of the array, the array in further signal communication with the input and output waveguides such that an RF bias applied to the input waveguide is conducted to the array such that an RF bias having a resonant frequency compatible with the mechanical resonant frequency of the array is conducted to the output waveguide, while an RF bias having a resonant frequency incompatible with the mechanical resonant frequency of the array is blocked.