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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2008
Arman Gasparyan, Gillette, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Donald Weiss, Cresskill, NJ (US);
Arman Gasparyan, Gillette, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Donald Weiss, Cresskill, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a liquid switch. The liquid switch comprises a substrate having a surface with first and second regions thereon and a fluid configured to contact both of the regions. The regions each comprise electrically connected fluid-support-structures, wherein each of the fluid-support-structures have at least one dimension of about 1 millimeter or less. The regions are electrically isolated from each other.