Patent ID: 7034373

Claim:
A switching assembly for switching any of 8 incoming high frequency signals to any of 8 outputs comprising: 64 MEMS structures, each of said 64 MEMS structures having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal and a fourth terminal, a first control terminal and a second control terminal; a multilayer substrate having a square periphery, said square periphery having four equal sides, a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of insulating layers, said insulating layers separated by a first conductor and a second conductor, said first conductor connected to a ground potential, said second conductor separated from said first conductor by one of said insulating layers, said second conductor presenting a specific impedance with respect to said first conductor to said high frequency signals traveling on said second conductor; said 64 MEMS structures mounted on said top surface forming a first 8 by 8 array, said array having 8 inputs and 8 outputs, said 8 inputs and said 8 outputs disposed on the periphery of said substrate; each of said 64 second terminals and said 64 third terminals connected to a coplanar waveguide (CPW), said 64 CPWs formed on said top surface; each of said 64 first terminals and said 64 fourth terminals connected to a descender, said 64 descenders connected to said 64 second conductors; each of said 64 first control terminals forming a second 8 by 8 array; each of said 64 second control terminals forming a third 8 by 8 array.