公开(公告)号：US20110067983A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-24

申请号：US12565127

申请日：2009-09-23

Applicant: Christopher Fred Keimel ,  Marco Francesco Aimi ,  Shubhra Bansal ,  Reed Roeder Corderman ,  Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore ,  Eddula Sudhakar Reddy ,  Atanu Saha ,  Kanakasabapathi Subramanian ,  Parag Thakre ,  Alex David Corwin

Inventor： Christopher Fred Keimel ,  Marco Francesco Aimi ,  Shubhra Bansal ,  Reed Roeder Corderman ,  Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore ,  Eddula Sudhakar Reddy ,  Atanu Saha ,  Kanakasabapathi Subramanian ,  Parag Thakre ,  Alex David Corwin

IPC: H01H57/00 ,  H01H11/00

CPC classification number: H01H1/0036 ,  H01H59/0009 ,  H01H2001/0052 ,  H01H2001/0084 ,  Y10T29/49105

Abstract: Provided is a device, such as a switch structure, that includes a contact and a conductive element that is configured to be deformable between a first position in which the conductive element is separated from the contact and a second position in which the conductive element contacts the contact. The conductive element can be formed substantially of metallic material configured to inhibit time-dependent deformation. For example, the metallic material may be configured to exhibit a maximum steady-state plastic strain rate of less than 10−12 s−1 when subject to a stress of at least about 25 percent of a yield strength of the metallic material and a temperature less than or equal to about half of a melting temperature of the metallic material. The contact and the conductive element may be part of a microelectromechanical device or a nanoelectromechanical device. Associated methods are also provided.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种诸如开关结构的装置，其包括触点和导电元件，导电元件被配置为可在导电元件与触点分离的第一位置和导电元件接触的第二位置之间变形 联系。 导电元件可以基本上由配置成抑制时间变形的金属材料形成。 例如，当受到金属材料的屈服强度的至少约25％的应力和金属材料的屈服强度的应力时，金属材料可以被配置为表现出小于10-12s -1的最大稳态塑性应变速率 小于或等于金属材料的熔融温度的大约一半。 接触和导电元件可以是微机电装置或纳米机电装置的一部分。 还提供了相关的方法。