Patent ID: 6548841
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G11C,H01H,Y10S

Abstract:
A complementary pair nanomechanical circuit comprising:a gate electrode formed on a substrate; an output electrode formed on the substrate and having a cantilever member integral therewith, the cantilever member being spaced apart from the plane of the substrate and overlying a portion of the gate electrode, the cantilever member having a free end that is deflected from its normal position to a deflected position in response to an electrostatic attraction between the cantilever member and the gate electrode; a source electrode lying at least in part beneath the free end of the cantilever member, and positioned such that the free end of the cantilever member contacts the source electrode when in deflected from its normal position; and a drain electrode lying at least in part above the free end of the cantilever member, and positioned such that the free end of the cantilever member contacts the drain electrode when in its normal position.