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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Applicant:
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 36/00 (2006.01); H01H 11/00 (2006.01); H01H 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 11/02 (2006.01); H01H 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 36/00 (2013.01); H01H 11/005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49105 (2015.01); H01H 1/0036 (2013.01); H01H 11/02 (2013.01); H01H 36/0006 (2013.01); H01H 2029/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A micro-reed switch includes a first magnetic reed and a second magnetic reed. The first magnetic reed includes a first metal electrode and a first non-wettable area. The first metal electrode includes a liquid metal. The second magnetic reed includes a second metal electrode and a second non-wettable area. The first magnetic reed and second magnetic reed is parallel to each other and a gap is defined there between. When a magnetic field is available, the liquid metal and the second metal electrode are engaged with one another by a magnetic force of the magnet.