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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Motorola Mobility Llc, Libertyville, IL (US);
Adrian Napoles, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Vijay L. Asrani, Round Lake, IL (US);
Gregory R. Black, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A capacitive micro-electromechanical switch (MEMS) integrated circuit (IC) comprises a plurality of capacitors, each having a voltage terminal for applying an actuation voltage to the individual capacitor, wherein each capacitor is capable of being individually cycled. The MEMS IC further includes: a high voltage driver having a voltage distribution mechanism that couples to the voltage terminal of each of the plurality of capacitors to enable the high voltage driver to selectively provide a pre-determined voltage input required to actuate and charge a selected one or more of the plurality of capacitors; and control logic communicatively coupled to the high voltage driver and which deterministically applies power cycle times (less than a stiction limit) for an actuation and de-actuation of at least a first capacitor of the plurality of capacitors to substantially reduce an occurrence of stiction within at least the first capacitor during operation of the MEMS device.
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