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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Jonathan P. Ebbers, South Burlington, VT (US);
Kenneth J. Goodnow, Essex, VT (US);
Stephen Gerard Shuma, Underhill, VT (US);
Peter A. Twombly, Shelburne, VT (US);
Jonathan P. Ebbers, South Burlington, VT (US);
Kenneth J. Goodnow, Essex, VT (US);
Stephen Gerard Shuma, Underhill, VT (US);
Peter A. Twombly, Shelburne, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A MEMS component is monitored to determine its status. Sensors are deployed to sense the MEMS component and produce detection signals that are analyzed to determine the MEMS component state. An indicator device alerts a user of the status, particularly if the MEMS component has failed. Additionally, the MEMS component monitoring system may be practiced as a design structure encoded on computer readable storage media as part of a circuit design system.