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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 02, 2008
Eric R. Ehlers, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dean B. Nicholson, Windsor, CA (US);
Eric R. Ehlers, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dean B. Nicholson, Windsor, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A power diverter has a first terminal for interposition between a signal input and a signal output. A MEMS switch is coupled to the first terminal and has a MEMS switch control input. A MEMS protection switch is coupled to the MEMS switch and has a protection switch control input. The switch control inputs are configured to receive control signals for selectively placing the power diverter in i) an ON state in which signal power at the signal input is diverted from the signal output via the MEMS switch and the MEMS protection switch, ii) an OFF state in which signal power at the signal input is not diverted from the signal output, and in which the MEMS switch mitigates an insertion loss and distortion imparted by the MEMS protection switch to a signal path between the signal input and the signal output, and iii) an intermediary state in which the MEMS protection switch reduces current flow through the MEMS switch.