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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junhua Liu, Palatine, IL (US);
William Olson, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 5/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 5/700 ;
Abstract
A plurality of mesoscale MEMS switches each share a common control voltage potential electrode (such as ground). So configured, a large number of switches can be provided without incurring a significant increase in required actuation voltage. Such switches can be inter-coupled in a variety of ways. In addition, in one embodiment, stacked switches can be provided. If desired, such stacked switches can share a common movable conductive switch element.