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Electrical latching of microelectromechanical devices

  • US 6,813,060 B1
  • Filed: 12/09/2002
  • Issued: 11/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for electrically addressing an array of two-state microelectromechanical (MEM) devices, comprising steps for:

  • (a) switching all of the MEM devices in a column of the array from a first state to a second state;

    (b) selecting a set of the MEM devices located at an intersection of at least one row of the array and the column, with the set of MEM devices being in the second state;

    (c) switching all the MEM devices in the column of the array, except for the set of the MEM devices, from the second state to the first state; and

    (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) for each column of the array.

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