H01G 5/16
Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means: using variation
Official title: using variation of distance between electrodes
H01G5/16 (Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by mechanical means: using variation) appears on 608 US grants and 599 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Bistable microelectromechanical actuator511US 5,867,302 ASandia Corporation · 1999
- Microminiature, monolithic, variable electrical signal processor and apparatus including same455US 5,526,172 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1996
- Design and fabrication of broadband surface-micromachined micro-electro-mechanical switches for microwave and millimeter-wave applications270US 6,046,659 AHughes Electronics Corporation · 2000
- Monolithically integrated switched capacitor bank using micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology253US 5,880,921 ARockwell Science Center, Inc. · 1999
- Micromechanical microwave switching243US 5,619,061 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1997