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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Xuefeng Wang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Christopher Fred Keimel, Schenectady, NY (US);
Marco Francesco Aimi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, Bangalore, IN;
Glenn Scott Claydon, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Oliver Charles Boomhower, Waterford, NY (US);
Parag Thakre, Bangalore, IN;
Xuefeng Wang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kanakasabapathi Subramanian, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Christopher Fred Keimel, Schenectady, NY (US);
Marco Francesco Aimi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore, Bangalore, IN;
Glenn Scott Claydon, Wynantskill, NY (US);
Oliver Charles Boomhower, Waterford, NY (US);
Parag Thakre, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A MEMS switch includes a substrate, a movable actuator coupled to the substrate, a substrate contact, a substrate electrode, and a conductive stopper electrically coupled to the movable actuator and structured to prevent the movable actuator from contacting the substrate electrode while allowing the movable actuator to make contact with the substrate contact.