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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Rashed Mahameed, Umm Al-Fahem, IL;
Nipun Sinha, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gianluca Piazza, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Rashed Mahameed, Umm Al-Fahem, IL;
Nipun Sinha, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gianluca Piazza, Philadelphia, PA (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Piezoelectric switches and methods of forming piezoelectric switches. The piezoelectric switch includes first and second cantilever beam actuators. The second cantilever beam actuator has a projection that overlaps the first cantilever beam actuator in a contact region. The projection is mechanically separated from the first cantilever beam actuator by a nanogap such that the first and second cantilever beam actuators are electrically isolated from each other. Each of the first and second cantilever beam actuators includes a piezoelectric actuation layer.