Patent ID: 8044738
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H03B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of oscillators, comprising: one resonator electrode for each oscillator, each resonator electrode being separated from one of one or more additional electrodes by a gap having a size configured to facilitate electron transfer across the gap, wherein each of the resonator electrodes is mounted for oscillatory motion relative to the one of the one or more additional electrodes such that a size of the gap between the resonator electrode and the one of the one or more additional electrodes is time variable; one or more drive electrodes, each of the one or more drive electrodes being configured to drive one or more of the resonator electrodes; a feedback circuit configured to convey an electron transfer signal dependent upon electron transfer across the gap as a feedback signal; wherein each of the one or more resonator electrodes is coupled to one of the one or more drive electrodes each of the one or more drive electrodes being configured to receive the feedback signal from the feedback circuit, at least one of the one or more drive electrodes being a common drive electrode to which two or more of the resonator electrodes are coupled.