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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Qorvo Us, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Inventors:
Cornelius Petrus Elisabeth Schepens, Beuningen, NL;
Roberto Gaddi, Rosmalen, NL;
Assignee:
Qorvo US, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 59/00 (2006.01); H01H 9/54 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); H01H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 59/0009 (2013.01); B81B 7/008 (2013.01); H01H 1/0036 (2013.01); H01H 9/548 (2013.01); H03K 17/6871 (2013.01);
Abstract
Unwanted or parasitic capacitances may occur in MEMS switches. To reduce or eliminate the impact of the unwanted or parasitic capacitance, an extra device, such as a second MEMS switch, may be coupled to a first MEMS switch to divert the unwanted or parasitic capacitance to ground.