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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Daniel Jean, Odenton, MD (US);
Michael Beggans, Waldorf, MD (US);
Gerald Laib, Olney, MD (US);
David Olson, Chesapeake Beach, MD (US);
Daniel Jean, Odenton, MD (US);
Michael Beggans, Waldorf, MD (US);
Gerald Laib, Olney, MD (US);
David Olson, Chesapeake Beach, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A MEMS apparatus having a substrate layer, a device layer and an intermediate oxide layer joining them. A slider is formed in the device layer and includes an enlarged end portion. A walled chamber having a hollow interior in which is positioned a microdetonator is formed in the substrate layer beneath the enlarged end portion and is secured to it by the oxide layer. A drive is operable to move the slider, and with it, the walled chamber, from an initial position to a final position. When in the final position an initiator is operable to initiate the microdetonator.