Micro-miniaturized, electrostatically driven diaphragm micropump
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsRoland Zengerle, Axel Richter
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Abstract
An electrostatically driven diaphragm micropump comprises a first pump body s a counterelectrode and a second pump body having a diaphragm region. The two pump bodies establish a hollow space bordering on the diaphragm region and are electrically insulated from each other. The hollow space is filled with a medium different from the fluid to be pumped. The pump bodies may consist of a semiconductor material of different types of charge. The medium in the hollow space preferably has a high dielectric constant.
Claims25
An electrostatically driven micropump comprising first and second electrically conductive electrode areas, each of said electrode areas being shaped to form at least part of a pump body, the second pump body having a diaphragm region, the electrode areas also being adapted to be connected to a voltage source and being electrically insulated from one another, said pump bodies defining together a hollow space bordering on the diaphragm region, the hollow space being filled with a fluid medium which is spatially separated from the fluid to be pumped, and
- a pump chamber with a flow direction control means and having a flow resistance Which depends on the flow direction of the fluid to be pumped, wherein said pump chamber borders on a side of said diaphragm region facing away from said hollow space.
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