Analog Devices International Unlimited Company

Analog Devices,inc.

Patrick M Mcguinness

Alan J O'Donnell

Bernard Patrick Stenson

Padraig Fitzgerald

William Allan Lane

David J Clarke

David Aherne

Steven J Tanghe

Paul Martin Lambkin

Alfonso Berduque

Raymond J Speer

Stephen O'Brien

Donal McAuliffe

Helen Berney

Stephen Denis Heffernan

Michael James Twohig

Brendan Cawley

Sombel Diaham

Donal P Mcauliffe

Laurence B O'SULLIVAN

Impedance paths for integrated circuits having microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches that allow for electrical charge to bleed from circuit nodes to fixed electric potentials (e.g., ground) are described. Such paths are referred to herein as charge bleed circuits. The circuit nodes may be circuit locations where electrical charge may accumulate because there is no other path for the electrical charge to dissipate. In some embodiments, a charge bleed circuit includes a switchable device (e.g., a MEMS switch, a solid-state device switch, or a circuit including various solid-state device switches that, collectively, implement a device that can be switched on and off) that connects and disconnects the impedance path from a circuit node. This may allow the device to perform different types of measurements at desired performance levels.

Active charge bleed methods for MEMS switches

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County Limerick, Ireland

Patrick M Mcguinness