Patent ID: 7075393

Claim:
A micromechanical relay comprising: a substrate; a source contact mounted on said substrate; a gate contact mounted on said substrate; a pair of drain contacts mounted on said substrate; and a metallic deflectable beam; said metallic deflectable beam including, a metallic conductive beam body having a first end and a second end, said first end of said metallic conductive beam body being attached to said source contact, said metallic conductive beam body extending substantially in parallel to said substrate such that said second end of said metallic conductive beam body extends over said drain contacts, a beam contact overhanging said drain contacts, and an insulator positioned between said second end of said metallic conductive beam body and said beam contact to join said second end of said metallic conductive beam body to said beam contact and to electrically insulate said metallic conductive beam body from said beam contact; said second end of said metallic conductive beam body, said beam contact, and said insulator forming stacked planar layers.