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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric P Muntz, Pasadena, CA (US);
Richard N Nottenburg, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Geoffrey R Shiflett, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60512 ; 60516 ; 60519 ; 60523 ; 200 / ; 219513 ; 359230 ; 417207 ; 417209 ;
Abstract
A microdevice in the form of an electrical switch. A microdevice for providing switching at a high repetition rate, including a cell divided into two chambers by a bistable movable membrane. A charge of gas in the cell and a source for directly heating the gas to increase the gas pressure and move the membrane, the source for heating including a pulsed source for generating transient gas pressure increases, with the cell including an arrangement for cooling the gas for reducing the gas pressure after an increase.