ELECTROSTATICALLY DEFORMOGRAPHIC SWITCHES

    公开(公告)号:DE3170741D1

    公开(公告)日:1985-07-04

    申请号:DE3170741

    申请日:1981-10-09

    Applicant: IBM

    Inventor: CADE PAUL EDMAND

    Abstract: A dual electrode electrostatically deflectable deformographic switch is driven by co-incident voltages and can be made to display and store information. It comprises a substrate (10) with at least one opening (13), a cantilevered beam (12) supported over said opening (13), means for impressing a selective voltage on the substrate (10), a pair of conductive leads (14, 15) on said beam (12), means for applying selected voltages on each of said leads (14, 15) to electrically deflect the beam (12) with respect to the substrate (10), and means for reducing said selected voltage to a standby level sufficient to maintain said deflected beam (12) in said deflected position. Only two voltage levels above ground, i.e., a write voltage and a standby voltage, are required. The switch will enable copiers to be directly driven by computers. The switch can also be used as an optical waveguide transmit/receive switch or an accelerometer.

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