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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2011
Charles L. Goldsmith, Plano, TX (US);
Orlando H. Auciello, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
John A. Carlisle, Romeoville, IL (US);
Suresh Sampath, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Anirudha V. Sumant, Plainfield, IL (US);
Robert W. Carpick, Philadelphia, PA (US);
James Hwang, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Derrick C. Mancini, Riverside, IL (US);
Chris Gudeman, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles L. Goldsmith, Plano, TX (US);
Orlando H. Auciello, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
John A. Carlisle, Romeoville, IL (US);
Suresh Sampath, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Anirudha V. Sumant, Plainfield, IL (US);
Robert W. Carpick, Philadelphia, PA (US);
James Hwang, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Derrick C. Mancini, Riverside, IL (US);
Chris Gudeman, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Argonne, IL (US);
Abstract
A reliable long life RF-MEMS capacitive switch is provided with a dielectric layer comprising a 'fast discharge diamond dielectric layer' and enabling rapid switch recovery, dielectric layer charging and discharging that is efficient and effective to enable RF-MEMS switch operation to greater than or equal to 100 billion cycles.