Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Droplet dispensing device, method for providing droplets, and light source for providing UV or X-ray light
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Application No.: US15592273Application Date: 2017-05-11
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Publication No.: US10306742B2Publication Date: 2019-05-28
- Inventor: Alexander Sanders , Bob Rollinger , Reza Abhari
- Applicant: ETH Zurich
- Applicant Address: CH Zurich
- Assignee: ETH Zurich
- Current Assignee: ETH Zurich
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zurich
- Agency: Soroker Agmon Nordman
- Priority: EP16169161 20160511
- Main IPC: H05G2/00
- IPC: H05G2/00 ; B05B1/08 ; B05B15/40

Abstract:
The invention relates to a droplet dispensing device (4) comprising a reservoir (9) for containing a liquid medium (10), an outlet (11) for dispensing droplets of said liquid medium (10) from said reservoir (9), an actuation means (12) for generating and transmitting a mechanical oscillation at an excitation frequency, and a resonant structure comprising a piston (15) coupled to said actuation means (12) for transmitting said mechanical oscillation to the liquid medium (10) contained in said reservoir (9) such that droplets are formed from said liquid medium (10), wherein a resonance frequency of said resonant structure is sufficiently close to said excitation frequency, such that resonance occurs.The invention further relates to a UV or X-ray light source, comprising a droplet dispensing device (4) according to the invention, and a method for providing a stream, in particular a monodisperse stream, of droplets by means of the droplet dispensing device (4).
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