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Micro electromechanical switches

  • US 20020186108A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2002
  • Published: 12/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A switching circuit and a switching circuit signal path control arrangement therefor comprising a plurality of micro electromechanical switches each having a signal path with a first connection at one end of the signal path and a second connection at the other end of the signal path, and at least two control lines controlling the micro electromechanical switches, the micro electromechanical switches being at least two normally open micro electromechanical switches each having an active signal path when activated, and at least two normally closed micro electromechanical switches each having an active signal path when not activated, characterized in that:

  • the micro electromechanical switches are arranged in a logical function matrix comprising at least two rows and two columns, on a row by row basis the first connections of micro electromechanical switches of a first column being signal connections at a first side of the logical function matrix and second connections of micro electromechanical switches of a last column being signal connections at a second side of the logical function matrix;

    the signal paths of the micro electromechanical switches are serially coupled on a row by row basis;

    the control lines controlling the micro electromechanical switches are coupled to the micro electromechanical switches on a column by column basis with one control line per column, the micro electromechanical switches arranged in a column of the logical function matrix being commonly controlled by a single control line, this constitutes the switching circuit signal path control arrangement;

    thereby controlling the signal paths of the switching circuit with a number of control lines being less than the number of micro electromechanical switches.

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