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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Applicant:
M. Steven Rodgers, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
M. Steven Rodgers, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
MEMX, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments of tunable capacitors are disclosed. One embodiment is in the form of a tunable capacitor () having a pair of stationary capacitor electrodes () that are fixed to and disposed the same distance above a substrate () in the vertical dimension. A tuning element () is suspended above the substrate () by an elevation system () that accommodates movement of the tuning element () in the vertical dimension. Changing the capacitance of the tunable capacitor () is accomplished by moving the tuning element () in the vertical dimension.