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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2008
Applicant:
Philip D. Floyd, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Philip D. Floyd, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A MEMS device such as an interferometric modulator includes an integrated ESD protection element capable of shunting to ground an excess current carried by an electrical conductor in the MEMS device. The protection element may be a diode and may be formed by depositing a plurality of doped semiconductor layers over the substrate on which the MEMS device is formed.