Contact material for MEMS devices

    公开(公告)号:US10388468B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-20

    申请号:US15355608

    申请日:2016-11-18

    IPC分类号: H01H1/00 B81C1/00

    摘要: A method for forming electrical contacts on a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The method includes forming a first metal layer over the substrate, and forming a layer of a second metal oxide by sputter deposition of a second metal in an oxygen environment. In some embodiments, the second metal oxide may be ruthenium dioxide, and the first metal layer may be gold, copper, platinum, silver or aluminum.

    Resonant filter using mm wave cavity

    公开(公告)号:US10826153B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US16261489

    申请日:2019-01-29

    IPC分类号: H01P11/00 H01P7/06 H01P1/208

    摘要: Systems and methods for forming a mm wave resonant filter include a lithographically fabricated high Q resonant structure. The resonant structure may include a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a characteristic frequency that defines its passband. A filter may include a plurality of resonant structures, and each resonant structure may include a plurality of cavities. These cavities and filters may be fabricated lithographically.

    Microfabricated fiber optic platform

    公开(公告)号:US10302871B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15974516

    申请日:2018-05-08

    摘要: Described here is a platform for supporting a fiber optic cable. The platform may be made on a silicon wafer using silicon lithographic processing techniques. The platform may include a substrate having a top planar surface; a trench formed in the substrate in the top planar surface and dimensioned to accept a fiber optic cable carrying radiation; and a reflecting surface formed in the top planar surface, wherein this reflecting surface is configured to reflect the radiation by total internal reflection, wherein the reflecting surface is configured to direct radiation travelling in a first direction into a second direction, substantially orthogonal to the first direction.

    Eight spring dual substrate MEMS plate switch and method of manufacture

    公开(公告)号:US11305982B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16515943

    申请日:2019-07-18

    IPC分类号: H02K3/00 B81B3/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for forming an electrostatic MEMS plate switch include forming a deformable plate on a first substrate, forming the electrical contacts on a second substrate, and coupling the two substrates using a hermetic seal. A two-fold symmetric switch may be formed by a primary, secondary, and optionally tertiary set of voids formed in the movable plate. These voids may define the spring beams which provide a stable and reliable restoring force to the switch.