Patent ID: 8314467
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: B81B,H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) switch having a thermally tolerant anchor configuration comprising: a substrate; a conductive cantilever beam having a first end portion, a middle portion, a second end portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein an internal surface defines an open space through the first end portion from the top surface through the bottom surface; a conductive anchor coupled to the internal surface of the first end portion of the conductive cantilever beam and extending through the open space and coupled to the substrate such that the bottom surface of the second end portion of the conductive cantilever beam is suspended above the substrate by a predetermined distance; and a conductive actuator plate formed on the substrate at a location beneath the middle portion of the conductive cantilever beam; and a second conductive anchor attached to an external wall of the first end portion, and extending opposite from the conductive anchor extending through the open space.