Electricity: magnetically operated switches – magnets – and electr – Electromagnetically actuated switches – Polarity-responsive
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-08
2011-03-08
Enad, Elvin G (Department: 2832)
Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electr
Electromagnetically actuated switches
Polarity-responsive
C200S181000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07902946
ABSTRACT:
A micro-electromechanical (MEMS) relay decouples a flux path from magnetic actuation from the electrical path through the switch to eliminate signal degradations that result from fluctuations in the current around the core and, thereby the flux. In addition, the MEMS relay has a suspension structure that is independent of the core.
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Enad Elvin G
National Semiconductor Corporation
Pickering Mark C.
Rojas Bernard
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