PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966644
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["331", "154000"]

Abstract:
A continuous or distributed resonator geometry is defined such that the fabrication process used to form a spring mechanism also forms an effective mass of the resonator structure. Proportional design of the spring mechanism and/or mass element geometries in relation to the fabrication process allows for compensation of process-tolerance-induced fabrication variances. As a result, a resonator having increased frequency accuracy is achieved.

Claim (Index 35):
A resonator comprising:\n a substrate; a spring mechanism of predetermined length l having an actual width W real  defining an effective mechanical stiffness k y , a height h, a defined geometry including a plurality of bores within and extending through the spring mechanism, and an effective mass m; and anchors to which respective ends of the spring mechanism are attached and anchoring the respective ends to the substrate so that the spring mechanism is movably suspended over the substrate; wherein:\n k y  is \n E * h * W real 3 4 * l 3 ; E is Young's Modulus; the resonator has a resonance frequency f that is defined as 1 2 \ue89e \u03c0 * k y m , k y m \u2003being a ratio of the effective mechanical stiffness to the effective mass; the actual width and the effective mass of the spring mechanism are simultaneously defined by application of a process to a constituent material out of which the spring mechanism is made; and the bores are defined such that subjection of the constituent material of the spring mechanism to the process, which modifies a width of the spring mechanism to thereby modify the mechanical stiffness of the spring mechanism, results in little change to the ratio of the effective mechanical stiffness to the effective mass by a proportion of change to the effective mass relative to a change in the width that occurs by virtue of the geometry, and therefore little change to the resonance frequency f.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.40426
- Patent Class: 331.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14728805', '14728930', '10414793', '13731739', '13446398']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7589736508642551
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5275974761324315
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7358360333910727
- Mean Citation Score: 240.45382200000003
- Max Citation Score: 353.5971
- Similarity Product: 260.7270933100462

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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