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Title: Capacitive microelectromechanical switches with dynamic soft-landing

Abstract

A microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based electrical switch. The electrical switch includes a moveable electrode, a dielectric layer positioned adjacent the moveable electrode on a first side of the dielectric layer and spaced apart from the moveable electrode when the moveable electrode is in an inactivated position and in contact with the moveable electrode when the moveable electrode is in an activated position, and a substrate attached to the dielectric layer on a second side opposite to the first side, the moveable electrode is configured to brake prior to coming in contact with the dielectric layer when the moveable electrode is switched between the inactivated state and the activated state.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1223097
Patent Number(s):
9160333
Application Number:
13/466,006
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01H - ELECTRIC SWITCHES
H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE
DOE Contract Number:  
FC52-08NA28617
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 May 07
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Citation Formats

Jain, Ankit, Alam, Muhammad Ashraful, and Nair, Pradeep R. Capacitive microelectromechanical switches with dynamic soft-landing. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Jain, Ankit, Alam, Muhammad Ashraful, & Nair, Pradeep R. Capacitive microelectromechanical switches with dynamic soft-landing. United States.
Jain, Ankit, Alam, Muhammad Ashraful, and Nair, Pradeep R. Tue . "Capacitive microelectromechanical switches with dynamic soft-landing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223097.
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