A device for picking and placing semiconductor chips includes a liquid having a first surface and a second surface and a layer of semiconductor chips disposed over the first surface. Characteristically, the first surface is a liquid-air interface. The device also includes a focused ultrasonic transducer positioned to focus acoustic wave on the layer of semiconductor chips such that a droplet including at least one semiconductor chip is ejected through the liquid-air per each actuation of the focused ultrasonic transducer through droplet ejection. The focused ultrasonic transducer includes a piezoelectric substrate having a top face and a bottom face, a Fresnel acoustic lens including a plurality of annular rings of air cavities disposed on the top face, and a first patterned circular electrode disposed over the top face and a second patterned circular electrode disposed over the bottom face. The first patterned circular electrode overlaps the second patterned circular electrode.

A cartridge may include: a housing; a reservoir located in the housing and storing an aerosol generating material; an atomizer located in the housing and configured to generate vibration to atomize the aerosol generating material to an aerosol; a liquid delivery element configured to absorb the aerosol generating material stored in the reservoir and deliver the absorbed aerosol generating material to the atomizer; and a resistor located in the housing and configured to eliminate noise of a signal applied to the atomizer.

The present application discloses an evenly heating transducer and a preparation method therefor. The transducer includes a piezoelectric material layer; where the piezoelectric material layer is cylindrical and has a through hole in the middle, a support structure is disposed on an inner side of the through hole, and the piezoelectric material layer and an external device are connected via the support structure. A conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric material layer and an isolation strip is disposed on the conductive layer.

A fluid control device includes a first flat plate, a second flat plate, and a side wall. The first flat plate includes a vibrator at which a piezoelectric device is disposed, a frame disposed to surround the vibrator, a support member that connects the vibrator and the frame to each other, and a first opening formed between the vibrator and the frame. The second flat plate has a first main surface that faces the vibrator, and includes a second opening. The side wall is disposed between the frame of the first flat plate and the second flat plate to be connected to the first flat plate and the second flat plate, and the side wall is annular. The second flat plate includes an annular recess set back from the first main surface.

A vibration device includes a light-transmissive body, and a vibrator to vibrate the light-transmissive body at a vibration acceleration of equal to or more than about 1.510.sup.5 m/s.sup.2 and equal to or less than about 8.010.sup.5 m/s.sup.2.

A vibration device includes a cover glass including an inclined surface defined by a chamfered outer peripheral edge of the cover glass, a vibration body bonded to the cover glass with an adhesive and causing the cover glass to vibrate, and a retainer bonded to the cover glass with an adhesive and fixed to the vibration body and that is in contact with the inclined surface of the cover glass so as to support an outer peripheral edge of the cover glass.

Articles of manufacture, including an apparatus for omnidirectional spiral surface acoustic wave generation, are provided. An acoustic wave device that generates a plurality of acoustic wave includes a piezoelectric material to convert electric energy into the plurality of acoustic waves. The acoustic wave device also includes a transducer. The transducer includes a plurality of fingers arranged in a spiral formation. The plurality of acoustic waves induce acoustic streaming along the piezoelectric material in multiple directions to isolate a fluid component within a fluid located on the acoustic wave device.

The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device that may comprise a housing defining an outer wall and further including a power source and a control component. The device also includes a mouthpiece portion that defines an exit aerosol path, a tank portion that includes a reservoir configured to contain a liquid composition, and an atomization assembly configured to vaporize the liquid composition to generate an aerosol. The atomization assembly includes a mesh plate and a vibrating component, wherein the mesh plate and the vibrating component are configured to be separable from each other at a detachable interface. The detachable interface may be located at various locations of the device, including between the mouthpiece portion and the tank portion, within the mouthpiece portion, within the tank portion, within a separable atomization assembly, within a cartridge, within a control unit, or between a cartridge and a control unit.

A vibration device that includes: an internal vibration body constructed to amplify vibration; a piezoelectric element connected to a first end of the internal vibration body in a first direction and constructed to generate vibration; a light transmissive body connected to a second end of the internal vibration body in the first direction and has an optical axis extending in the first direction; and an external vibration body including a first connection portion connected to the light transmissive body and an attenuator portion that extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction from the first connection portion toward an outside of the light transmissive body and constructed to attenuate vibration, wherein the attenuator portion has non-axisymmetry with respect to the optical axis.

Ultrasound energy therapy devices, systems, and methods for the treatment of a condition via neuromodulation of a nerve in a tissue, such as a spleen or liver. A therapy device having a transducer array configured to transmit ultrasound energy to the spleen or liver for neuromodulation. One or more transducers configured to transmit and receive ultrasound energy to detect the presence of bone or air between the spleen or liver and the therapy device. Detection of an obstruction can be used to guide an operator to adjust the alignment of the therapy device with the skeletal structure of the patient to minimize reflection of the energy transmitted from the transducer array to the spleen or liver.