Micromechanical resonant switches and charge pumps
    36.
    发明授权
    Micromechanical resonant switches and charge pumps 有权
    微机械谐振开关和电荷泵

    公开(公告)号:US09431201B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-30

    申请号:US14959034

    申请日:2015-12-04

    IPC分类号: H01H59/00 H02M3/07 H03H9/24

    摘要: A circuit of N micromechanical resonant switches (resoswitches) is presented, which mimics a Dickson charge pump to amplify an input voltage to an output voltage of N plus 1 times the input voltage, while avoiding the diode voltage drop and breakdown voltage limitations of CMOS-based conventional charge pumps. Important aspects of successful charge pumping are: 1) the long cycle lifetime of resonant micromechanical switches, which has been shown to operate 173.9×1012 cycles, is orders of magnitude higher than non-resonant switches; 2) the use of gated-sinusoid drive excitation to allow a charging period independent of resoswitch resonance frequency; and 3) the use of resonance operation to lower required drive and DC-bias voltages to below the supply voltage. This mechanical charge pump obviates the need for custom high voltage CMOS for applications where large voltages are needed such as MEMS-based timing references, thereby allowing the use of virtually any CMOS process.

    摘要翻译: 提出了N个微机械谐振开关(开关)的电路,其模拟了Dickson电荷泵,以将输入电压放大到输入电压为N的1倍输入电压,同时避免了二极管压降和CMOS- 基于常规的电荷泵。 成功电荷泵浦的重要方面是:1)已显示运行173.9×1012个周期的谐振微机械开关的长周期寿命比非谐振开关高数个数量级; 2)使用门槛正弦驱动励磁,使充电周期与开关谐振频率无关; 和3)使用谐振操作将所需驱动和直流偏置电压降低到电源电压以下。 该机械电荷泵避免了对需要大电压的应用(例如基于MEMS的定时参考)的定制高压CMOS的需要,从而允许使用几乎任何CMOS工艺。

    MEMS switches and fabrication methods
    40.
    发明授权
    MEMS switches and fabrication methods 失效
    MEMS开关和制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US08609450B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-17

    申请号:US12961047

    申请日:2010-12-06

    IPC分类号: H01L21/00

    摘要: MEMS switches and methods of fabricating MEMS switches. The switch has a vertically oriented deflection electrode having a conductive layer supported by a supporting layer, at least one drive electrode, and a stationary electrode. An actuation voltage applied to the drive electrode causes the deflection electrode to be deflect laterally and contact the stationary electrode, which closes the switch. The deflection electrode is restored to a vertical position when the actuation voltage is removed, thereby opening the switch. The method of fabricating the MEMS switch includes depositing a conductive layer on mandrels to define vertical electrodes and then releasing the deflection electrode by removing the mandrel and layer end sections.

    摘要翻译: MEMS开关和制造MEMS开关的方法。 开关具有垂直取向的偏转电极,其具有由支撑层支撑的导电层,至少一个驱动电极和固定电极。 施加到驱动电极的致动电压使得偏转电极横向偏转并且接触固定电极,该固定电极闭合开关。 当去除致动电压时,偏转电极恢复到垂直位置,从而打开开关。 制造MEMS开关的方法包括在心轴上沉积导电层以限定垂直电极,然后通过去除心轴和层端部来释放偏转电极。