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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Paul D. Wohlfarth, Vernonia, OR (US);
Credence Systems Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A relay includes one or more conductive coils embedded in a substrate having multiple insulating layers. Each coil is formed by conductive traces formed between several substrate layers and vias extending vertically between traces on adjacent layers. Each coil surrounds a separate core extending vertically within the substrate. At least one set of contacts reside on the substrate bordering a space containing a contactor. The contactor is formed of conductive material, has a conductive surface and is “free-floating” in that it is unattached to any other object and free to move within the space bordered by the contacts. Current passing through the coil or coils produces magnetic fields which can move the contactor onto or away from the contacts so as to selectively make or break a signal path between the contacts.