Patent ID: 6951941

Claim:
A microwave switch for transmitting signals, the switch comprising: a) a plurality of ports, at least one of the plurality of ports being located on a first plane and at least one of the plurality of ports being located on a second plane; b) a plurality of signal paths for selective transmission of said signals, each signal path being disposed between a respective pair of said ports and each signal path having a conducting state in which signal transmission occurs between the respective pair of ports and a non-conducting state in which signal transmission does not occur between the respective pair of ports, at least one of the plurality of signal paths being located on the first plane and at least one of the signal paths being located on the second plane; c) a plurality of actuators, each actuator being adapted to actuate at least one of the signal paths between the conducting and non-conducting states; and d) transmission means for connecting one of the plurality of ports on the first plane to one of the plurality of ports on the second plane. whereby, in any of the planes, there are no cross over points between the signal paths.