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US09077060B2 Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonant switches and applications for power converters and amplifiers
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微机电系统(MEMS)谐振开关和功率转换器和放大器的应用
- Patent Title: Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonant switches and applications for power converters and amplifiers
- Patent Title (中): 微机电系统(MEMS)谐振开关和功率转换器和放大器的应用
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Application No.: US12878237Application Date: 2010-09-09
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Publication No.: US09077060B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Clark Tu-Cuong Nguyen , Yang Lin , Wei-Chang Li , Bongsang Kim
- Applicant: Clark Tu-Cuong Nguyen , Yang Lin , Wei-Chang Li , Bongsang Kim
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
- Current Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Agent John P. O'Banion
- Main IPC: H01P1/12
- IPC: H01P1/12 ; H01H1/00 ; H01H50/00

Abstract:
A modally driven oscillating element periodically contacts one of more electrical contacts, thereby acting as a switch, otherwise known as a resonant switch, or “resoswitch”, with very high Q's, typically above 10000 in air, and higher in vacuum. Due to periodic constrained contacting of the contacts, the bandwidth of the switch is greatly improved. One or more oscillating elements may be vibrationally interconnected with conductive or nonconductive coupling elements, whereby increased bandwidths of such an overall switching system may be achieved. Using the resoswitch, power amplifiers and converters more closely approaching ideal may be implemented. Integrated circuit fabrication techniques may construct the resoswitch with other integrated CMOS elements for highly compact switching devices. Through introduction of specific geometries within the oscillating elements, displacement gains may be made where modal deflections are greatly increased, thereby reducing device drive voltages to 2.5 V or lower.
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