Patent ID: 6642593
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B81B,B81C,H01G,H01H,H01P,Y02E

Abstract:
A microelectromechanical switch comprising:a substrate; an insulator layer disposed outwardly from the substrate; an electrode having an outward surface and opposing sidewalls, said electrode disposed outwardly from the insulator layer which is one of an input or an output; a dielectric layer covering said outward surface and said opposing sidewalls of said electrode and disposed outwardly from the insulator layer and the electrode, the dielectric layer having a dielectric constant of at least twenty; and an electrically conductive flexible membrane layer disposed outwardly from the dielectric layer and movable between said dielectric layer and a locus outwardly spaced from said dielectric layer which is one of an input or an output; said electrically conductive flexible layer comprising a sheet of electrically conductive material having a plurality of vias extending therethrough; said dielectric layer electrically isolating said electrically conductive flexible membrane from said electrode.