Title:
APPARATUS UTILIZING LATCHING MICROMAGNETIC SWITCHES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002095896
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
An apparatus (1000) includes an electrical device (1004) and a latching micromagnetic switch (1002) that controls energy flow through the electrical device (1004). The latching micromagnetic switch (1002) includes a cantilever, a permanent magnet, and a coil configured to latch the latching micromagnetic switch (1002) in one of two positions each time energy passes through the coil. The electrical device (1004) and the latching micromagnetic (1002) switch can be integrated on a same substrate. Otherwise, the electrical device (1004) and the latching micromagnetic switch (1002) can be located on separate substrates and coupled together. The electrical device (1004) can be a circuit, a filter, an antenna, a transceiver, or the like.
Inventors:
SHEN JUN
WHEELER CHARLES
RUAN MEICHUN
WHEELER CHARLES
RUAN MEICHUN
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/015833
Publication Date:
February 12, 2004
Filing Date:
May 20, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MICROLAB INC (US)
International Classes:
H01H50/00; H01H51/22; (IPC1-7): H02K33/10
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