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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
James W. Adkisson, Jericho, VT (US);
Panglijen Candra, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Thomas J. Dunbar, Burlington, VT (US);
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Portland, OR (US);
Mark D. Jaffe, Shelburne, VT (US);
Anthony K. Stamper, Burlington, VT (US);
Randy L. Wolf, Essex Junction, VT (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Switchable and/or tunable filters, methods of manufacture and design structures are disclosed herein. The method of forming the filters includes forming at least one piezoelectric filter structure comprising a plurality of electrodes formed on a piezoelectric substrate. The method further includes forming a micro-electro-mechanical structure (MEMS) comprising a MEMS beam formed above the piezoelectric substrate and at a location in which, upon actuation, the MEMS beam shorts the piezoelectric filter structure by contacting at least one of the plurality of electrodes.