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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Cavendish Kinetics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cong Quoc Khieu, San Jose, CA (US);
James Douglas Huffman, McKinney, TX (US);
Richard L. Knipe, McKinney, TX (US);
Vikram Joshi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robertus Petrus Van Kampen, S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Assignee:
CAVENDISH KINETICS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/00 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); H01G 5/18 (2006.01); H01H 59/00 (2006.01); B81B 7/02 (2006.01); H01G 5/011 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 1/006 (2013.01); B81B 7/008 (2013.01); B81B 7/02 (2013.01); H01G 5/011 (2013.01); H01G 5/18 (2013.01); H01H 59/0009 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0221 (2013.01); H03J 2200/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a method of operating a MEMS DVC while minimizing impact of the MEMS device on contact surfaces. By reducing the drive voltage upon the pull-in movement of the MEMS device, the acceleration of the MEMS device towards the contact surface is reduced and thus, the impact velocity is reduced and less damage of the MEMS DVC device occurs.