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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Jerod F. Mason, Bedford, MA (US);
Dylan Charles Bartle, Arlington, MA (US);
David Scott Whitefield, Andover, MA (US);
David T. Petzold, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Dogan Gunes, North Andover, MA (US);
Paul T. Dicarlo, Marlborough, MA (US);
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Discharge circuits, devices and methods. In some embodiments, a MEMS device can include a substrate and an electromechanical assembly implemented on the substrate. The MEMS device can further include a discharge circuit implemented relative to the electromechanical assembly. The discharge circuit can be configured to provide a preferred arcing path during a discharge condition affecting the electromechanical assembly. The MEMS device can be, for example, a switching device, a capacitance device, a gyroscope sensor device, an accelerometer device, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, or a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device. The discharge circuit can include a spark gap assembly having one or more spark gap elements configured to facilitate the preferred arcing path.