发明名称 |
Switch structure and method |
摘要 |
Provided is a device, such as a switch structure, that includes a contact and a conductive element that is configured to be deformable between a first position in which the conductive element is separated from the contact and a second position in which the conductive element contacts the contact. The conductive element can be formed substantially of metallic material configured to inhibit time-dependent deformation. For example, the metallic material may be configured to exhibit a maximum steady-state plastic strain rate of less than 10−12 s−1 when subject to a stress of at least about 25 percent of a yield strength of the metallic material and a temperature less than or equal to about half of a melting temperature of the metallic material. The contact and the conductive element may be part of a microelectromechanical device or a nanoelectromechanical device. Associated methods are also provided.
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申请公布号 |
US8354899(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.01.15 |
申请号 |
US20090565127 |
申请日期 |
2009.09.23 |
申请人 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY;KEIMEL CHRISTOPHER FRED;AIMI MARCO FRANCESCO;BANSAL SHUBHRA;CORDERMAN REED ROEDER;KISHORE KUNA VENKAT SATYA RAMA;REDDY EDDULA SUDHAKAR;SAHA ATANU;SUBRAMANIAN KANAKASABAPATHI;THAKRE PARAG;CORWIN ALEX DAVID |
发明人 |
KEIMEL CHRISTOPHER FRED;AIMI MARCO FRANCESCO;BANSAL SHUBHRA;CORDERMAN REED ROEDER;KISHORE KUNA VENKAT SATYA RAMA;REDDY EDDULA SUDHAKAR;SAHA ATANU;SUBRAMANIAN KANAKASABAPATHI;THAKRE PARAG;CORWIN ALEX DAVID |
分类号 |
H01H51/22 |
主分类号 |
H01H51/22 |
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