Patent ID: 8742516

Claim:
A high frequency-MEMS switch comprising: a high resistivity substrate provided with an insulator and at least one implantation zone, the insulator being disposed atop the substrate and having an opening, the at least one implantation zone formed in the substrate directly beneath the insulator and in ohmic contact with the substrate, contact with the substrate, a portion of the at least one implantation zone in contact with a signal conductor; a bendable switching element having a first end and a movable second end, the first end disposed atop the insulator and in contact with a first contact electrode to supply charge carriers of a first polarity to the switching element, the movable second end extending from the first end over the insulator while bending away from the insulator, wherein the switching element is electrically isolated from the at least one implantation zone by the insulator; and a second contact electrode disposed above the insulator and in contact with another portion of the at least one implantation zone through the opening in the insulator to supply charge carriers of a second polarity to the at least one implantation zone, wherein supply of charge carriers of opposite polarities to the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode produces an electrical field causing an electrostatic bending force on the switching element that bends the second end of the switching element into capacitive coupling with the at least one implantation zone to generate a signal on the signal conductor.