Patent ID: 6396371
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A MEM relay comprising:an actuator; a non-wetting shorting bar disposed on said actuator; a contact substrate, having an upper surface and a lower surface, in a spaced apart relationship with said non-wetting shorting bar; a first liquid metal contact disposed on said upper surface of said contact substrate; a first signal contact disposed on said lower surface of said contact substrate; a first via having an outside surface and an interior surface coated with liquid metal, passing through said contact substrate, and placing said first liquid metal contact and said first signal contact in electrical communication when the MEM relay is in a closed state; a second liquid metal contact disposed on said upper surface of said contact substrate; a second signal contact disposed on said lower surface of said contact substrate; and a second via having an outside surface and an interior surface coated with liquid metal, passing through said contact substrate, and placing said second liquid metal contact and said second signal contact in electrical communication when the MEM relay is in a closed state.