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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stephen E. Luce, Underhill, VT (US);
Anthony K. Stamper, Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 49/00 (2006.01); H01H 11/00 (2006.01); H01H 59/00 (2006.01); H01H 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 1/58 (2006.01); H01H 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00698 (2013.01); B81C 1/0015 (2013.01); B81C 1/00166 (2013.01); B81C 1/00523 (2013.01); H01H 1/0036 (2013.01); H01H 11/00 (2013.01); H01H 49/00 (2013.01); H01H 59/00 (2013.01); H01H 59/0009 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0132 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0133 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0145 (2013.01); B81C 2201/0154 (2013.01); B81C 2203/0145 (2013.01); H01H 1/58 (2013.01); H01H 50/005 (2013.01); H01H 2059/0018 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49105 (2015.01);
Abstract
An approach includes a method of fabricating a switch. The approach includes forming a first cantilevered electrode operable to directly contact a second fixed electrode upon an application of a voltage to a first fixed electrode, forming a second cantilevered electrode with an end that overlaps the first cantilevered electrode, and forming a hermetically sealed volume encapsulating the first fixed electrode, the second fixed electrode, the first cantilevered electrode, and the second cantilevered electrode.