LIQUID ELECTRICAL MICROSWITCH
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:CA2498989A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-01

    申请号:CA2498989

    申请日:2005-02-28

    Abstract: A liquid electrical switch is disclosed that uses a plurality of droplets of conducting liquid to form an electrical path. In a first embodiment, at leas t a first voltage differential is used to create a separation distance between t wo droplets. The droplets are illustratively contained within a housing and surrounded by an immiscible, insulating liquid. In this embodiment, the at least a first voltage differential draws at least a portion of at least one of the droplets away from a second droplet, thus preventing electrical current from flowing from the at least one droplet to the second droplet.In another embodiment, the at least a first voltage differential is changed in a way su ch that at least one liquid droplet is made to come into contact with a second droplet, thus creating an electrical path between the two droplets.

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