Two things make the A-Metrics transducer technology ideal for certain applications and unique among alternative devices. First is its wide range of motion, giving the apparatus the ability to measure greater displacement — in the order of millimeters. Second is the registration mechanism, which provides sub-angstrom sensitivity throughout the entire range, in millions of discrete steps.
With other advantages, like the device’s relatively low cost to manufacture and its minimal energy consumption, the A-Metrics transducer will find its way into a growing number of applications in many industry sectors including the miniaturization of the devices through Nanotechnology and Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The objective of A-Metrics is to transition of this unique technology into the commercial sector. Sensors could be readily adapted to detect observables such as distance, force, pressure, temperature, magnetic fields, electric fields, gravitational waves, sound waves, solitons and seismic waves. Unique to this technology is the ability to configure individual devices for specific detection purposes.
Some of the possibilities are identified below. Many more are continuously being discovered and explored.
