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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Applicant:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dok Won Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aditi Dutt Chaudhuri, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 51/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) relay includes a switch with a first contact region and a second contact region that are vertically separated from each other by a gap. The MEMS relay requires a small vertical movement to close the gap and therefore is mechanically robust. In addition, the MEMS relay has a small footprint and, therefore, can be formed on top of small integrated circuits.