Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezoelectric multiplexer
- Patent Title (中): 压电复用器
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Application No.: US14513021Application Date: 2014-10-13
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Publication No.: US09245704B2Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Lizon Maharjan , Babak Fahimi , Daniel Christopher Dial , Joseph Hearron , Job Timothy Brunet , Arash Hassanpour Isfahani , Carlos Caicedo-Narvaez
- Applicant: 19th Space Electronics
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: 19th Space Electronics
- Current Assignee: 19th Space Electronics
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Agent Andre M. Szuwalski
- Main IPC: H01P5/16
- IPC: H01P5/16 ; H01H57/00

Abstract:
A piezoelectric multiplexer includes an actuator and multiple piezo-morph beams. The actuator includes an actuator conducting head and an actuator stem, and each piezo-morph beam includes a conducting beam contact head and a beam stem manufactured out of piezo-morph material. A control voltage is selectively applied to electrical contacts coupled to the beam stems to create a piezoelectric effect that bends the selected piezo-morph beam and creates an electrical connection between its contact head and the conducting head of the actuator. A control circuit with a controller signals which piezo-morph beam to connect to the actuator. This multi-piezo-morph-beam piezoelectric multiplexer can be affixed to the electrical terminals of different electrical components (e.g., a transistor) to create an electrical cell that can be manufactured on a semiconductor chip or in a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150097635A1 PIEZOELECTRIC MULTIPLEXER Public/Granted day:2015-04-09
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