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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
William Robert Morrison, Dallas, TX (US);
Mark Christopher Fisher, Farmersville, TX (US);
Murali Hanabe, Plano, TX (US);
Ganapathy Subramaniam Sivakumar, Allen, TX (US);
Simon Joshua Jacobs, Lucas, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A device has a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) component with at least one surface and a coating disposed on at least a portion of the surface. The coating has a compound of the formula M(CnF2n+1Or), wherein M is a polar head group and wherein n≧2r. The value of n may range from 2 to about 20, and the value of r may range from 1 to about 10. The value of n plus r may range from 3 to about 30, and a ratio of n:r may have a value of about 2:1 to about 20:1.