Tape format magnetoelastic resonator markers
OwnerCurtis L. Shoemaker, Ziyad H. Doany +1inventors
InventorsCurtis L. Shoemaker, Ziyad H. Doany, Ding Wang
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Abstract
A tape format magnetoelastic resonator device comprises a continuous ribbon of amorphous magnetic material having a plurality of separate, hinged magnetoelastic resonator strips formed from the ribbon, linearly displaced along a longitudinal axis of the ribbon, wherein each magnetoelastic resonator strip is configured to couple to an external magnetic field at a particular frequency and convert the magnetic energy into mechanical energy, in the form of oscillations.
Claims11
A tape format magnetoelastic resonator device, comprising:
- a tape or ribbon formed from an amorphous magnetic material having a longitudinal axis, wherein sprocket holes are formed along the lengthwise edges of the tape,
- wherein a first section of the tape includes a first slot configured to receive a first bias magnet,
- wherein a second section of the tape, adjacent to the first section along the longitudinal axis, comprises a first magnetoelastic resonator strip having first and second free ends and a central portion, the central portion connected to the tape via a hinge, and
- wherein a third section of the tape, adjacent to the second section along the longitudinal axis, includes a second slot configured to receive a second bias magnet.
A tape format magnetoelastic resonator device comprising an array of two or more continuous ribbons of amorphous magnetic material having a plurality of separate, hinged magnetoelastic resonator strips formed from each ribbon, linearly displaced along a longitudinal axis of each ribbon, wherein each magnetoelastic resonator strip is configured to couple to an external magnetic field at a particular frequency and convert the magnetic energy into mechanical energy, in the form of oscillations, wherein the array is layered in such a way as to register individual resonators into a stacked resonator arrangement at each location along the array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.