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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Cavendish Kinetics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robertus Petrus Van Kampen, S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Richard L. Knipe, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cavendish Kinetics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 59/00 (2006.01); H01H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 59/0009 (2013.01); H01H 2001/0084 (2013.01); H01H 2059/0027 (2013.01); H01H 2059/0072 (2013.01); H01H 2239/072 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a mechanism for making a MEMS switch that can switch large electrical powers. Extra landing electrodes are employed that provide added electrical contact along the MEMS device so that when in contact current and heat are removed from the MEMS structure close to the hottest points.