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The tuning fork is arranged on a silicon substrate such that the side surface of fork is orthogonal to the driving direction of a fork arm and faces the surface bearing of substrate. The elastic modulus of the fork varies irrespective of surface bearing of substrate.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric device includes a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, a lower electrode layer on the buffer layer, a piezoelectric layer on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a base portion extending outwardly at its lower portion of its periphery. The piezoelectric device provides enhanced bonding strength between the substrate and the stacked structure including the upper electrode layer, the lower electrode layer, and the piezoelectric layer.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silicon structure having a large surface area and exhibiting magnetic characteristic which is used for recovering a target material in a bioscreening and uses silicon having high machinability, low melting point and low density. SOLUTION: The silicon structure 10 is provided with a base material 11 and a plurality of fibrous projecting materials 12 containing silicon dioxide as an essential component and directly joined to the surface of the base material 11 which contains silicon as an essential component. A magnetic body is supported by the fibrous projecting material 12. The surface area is increased by forming the plurality of the fibrous projecting materials 12 comprising silicon dioxide to be densely entangled and magnetic separation and highly efficient recovery are available by supporting the magnetic body 13 on the fibrous projecting materials 12. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotator and an agitation device using the rotator which can efficiently perform agitation or reaction even when handling a small container or a small amount of a liquid. SOLUTION: The rotator used in the agitation device for agitating a solution includes a sensor for sensing at least one solution property of the solution to be agitated, and a transmission means for wirelessly transmitting measurement information from the sensor. The agitation device for agitating a solution includes the rotator including the sensor for sensing at least one solution property of the solution and the transmission means for wirelessly transmitting measurement information from the sensor, a reception means for receiving measurement information transmitted from the rotator, and a controller providing a control function according to the measurement information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve reliability in measurement by a cellular electrophysiological sensor by easily suppressing and removing bubbles. SOLUTION: The cellular electrophysiological sensor includes a diaphragm 2 having at least one through-hole 1 and a frame 5 supporting the diaphragm 2 and having a cavity 6. The reliability of measurement by the cellular electrophysiological sensor is enhanced by using the diaphragm 2 having a laminar structure comprising a silicon layer 3 and a silicon dioxide layer 4 and making an indented form the surface of the silicon dioxide layer 4, thereby suppressing generation of bubbles and easily removing remaining bubbles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the measuring precision of a cell electrophysiologic sensor. SOLUTION: The cell electrophysiologic sensor is equipped with a cylindrical part 8, the sensor chip 10 inserted in the cavity 9 of the cylindrical part 8 and the structure 11 arranged in the cavity 9 of the cylindrical part 8 so as to leave a predetermined interval apart from the sensor chip 10 and jointed to or integrated with the inner wall of the cylindrical part 8. The sensor chip 10 has the continuity hole 15 piercing the cylindrical part 8 in an axial direction. The structure 11 has a through-hole 16 axially piercing the cylindrical part 8 and having the opening part on the side of the sensor chip 10 as the outlet 16A and the outlet 16A of the through-hole 16 is opposed to the continuity hole 15 of the sensor chip 10 while the space formed between the structure 11 and the inner wall of the cylindrical part 8 is provided to the outer periphery of the outlet 16A of the through-hole 16. By this constitution, air bubbles in the vicinity of the continuity hole 14 are reduced and, as a result, the measuring precision of the cell electrophysiologic sensor is enhanced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the detection characteristics of a cell electrophysiologic sensor. SOLUTION: In this device for the cell electrophysiologic sensor equipped with a sensor chip 9 and a chip holding part 10 arranged in the outer periphery of the side surface of the sensor chip 9 and characterized in that the sensor chip 9 is composed of a sheet having a continuity hole 15 and the frame body formed on the sheet, the sheet of the sensor chip 9 is formed of a laminate composed of a first silicon layer 11 and the silicon dioxide layer 12 becoming a cell capturing surface on the first silicon layer 11, and the frame body of the sensor chip 9 is formed of a second silicon layer 13 while the chip holding part 10 is formed of glass and the chip holding part 10 and the side surface of the silicon dioxide layer 12 are welded by glass. By this constitution, the leak current through the sensor chip is reduced and the detection characteristics of the cell electrophysiologic sensor are enhanced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve reliability in measurement by a cellular electrophysiological sensor by easily suppressing and removing bubbles. SOLUTION: The cellular electrophysiological sensor comprises a diaphragm 2 having at least one through hole 1 and a frame 3 supporting the diaphragm 2 and having a cavity 4. The reliability of measurement by the cellular electrophysiological sensor is enhanced by providing a cut groove 6 in the frame 3 and hydrophilicity at least on the wall surface 6a of the cut slot 6 to suppress generation of bubbles and easily remove residual bubbles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT