Patent ID: 8659326
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A switching apparatus comprising: a switching circuitry comprising at least one micro-electromechanical system switch having a beam comprising a first movable actuator and a second movable actuator jointly electrically connected by a common connector and arranged to selectively establish an electrical current path through the first and second movable actuators in response to a single gate control signal applied to respective first and second gates of the switch to actuate the first and second movable actuators of the switch; and a gating circuitry to generate the single gate control signal applied to the first and second gates of the switch, wherein the gating circuitry comprises a driver channel electrically coupled to the common connector of the switch and adapted to electrically float with respect to a varying beam voltage, and electrically referenced between the varying beam voltage and a local electrical ground of the gating circuitry.