Patent ID: 8659373

Claim:
A micro-electro-mechanical switch device, comprising: a substrate having a plurality of gate connections, a plurality of source connections and a plurality of drain connections, and a plurality of switch structures, coupled to the substrate, comprising: a plurality of cantilever beam members, each having a length sufficient to overhang a respective gate connection and a respective drain connection, wherein each individual cantilever beam of the plurality of cantilever beams is connected to an adjacent cantilever beam by a cross connection member having a length that is less than the length of each cantilever beam member that forms an open slotted region that separates the adjacent cantilever beams from one another; a common anchor coupling the switch structures to the substrate, the anchor having a width, and a plurality hinges coupling to a respective one of the plurality of cantilever beam members to the anchor at a respective position along the anchor's length, each of the hinges flexing in response to a charge differential established between a respective one of the gate and the cantilever beam member.