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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1987
Filed:
May. 01, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul M Zavracky, Norwood, MA (US);
Richard H Morrison, Jr, Taunton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29622 ; 29885 ; 156644 ; 156652 ; 156656 ; 427 58 ;
Abstract
A micromechanical electric shunt is fabricated by micromachining according to recent IC fabrication procedures. A plurality of such shunts is incorporated on a single substrate to form novel process station or post identification or signature encoding apparatus for use on a telecommunications bus or the equivalent. Such identification of signature encoding apparatus may be configured for conventional binary coding. Both frequency and current derivative mode apparatus are disclosed.