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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Arman Gasparyan, New Providence, NJ (US);
Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine, Warren, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Donald Weiss, Cresskill, NJ (US);
Arman Gasparyan, New Providence, NJ (US);
Timofei Nikita Kroupenkine, Warren, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Donald Weiss, Cresskill, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A liquid electrical switch is disclosed that uses a plurality of droplets of conducting liquid to form an electrical path. In a first embodiment, at least a first voltage differential is used to create a separation distance between two droplets. The droplets are illustratively contained within a housing and surrounded by an immiscible, insulating liquid. In this embodiment, the at least a first voltage differential draws at least a portion of at least one of the droplets away from a second droplet, thus preventing electrical current from flowing from the at least one droplet to the second droplet. In another embodiment, the at least a first voltage differential is changed in a way such that at least one liquid droplet is made to come into contact with a second droplet, thus creating an electrical path between the two droplets.