Relay
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorJames A. Freeman
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Abstract
An electro-mechanical relay including a substrate. A pass through circuit may be mounted on a first face of the substrate. An attenuator circuit may be mounted on a second face of the substrate. An armature assembly may be provided that is movable between first and second positions with respect to the substrate. The armature assembly when moved to its first position causes the pass through circuit to be coupled into a circuit. When moved to its second position, the armature assembly causes the attenuator circuit to be coupled into a circuit.
Claims23
A relay, comprising:
- a) a substrate;
- b) a first circuit mounted on a first face of the substrate;
- c) a second circuit mounted on a second face of the substrate;
- d) an electro-magnetic actuator assembly;
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- e) an armature assembly which is movable between first and second positions with respect to the substrate, wherein:
- i) armature assembly movement is controlled by the electro-magnetic actuator assembly;
- ii) moving the armature assembly to its first position allows current to flow through the first circuit;
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- iii) moving the armature assembly to its second position allows current to flow through the second circuit.
A method of constructing a relay which is designed to alternately allow current flow through first and second circuits, comprising:
- a) mounting the first circuit on a first face of a substrate;
- b) mounting the second circuit on a second face of the substrate;
- c) providing an armature assembly which is movable between first and second positions with respect to the substrate;
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- d) providing at least one biased conductor for closing the first circuit and at least one biased conductor for closing the second circuit, wherein movement of the armature assembly causes movement of the biased conductors to thereby alternately allow current flow through the first and second circuits.
A relay, comprising:
- a) a substrate;
- b) a pass-through circuit mounted on a first face of the substrate;
- c) an attenuator circuit mounted on a second face of the substrate;
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- d) means for alternately allowing current to flow through the passthrough and attenuator circuits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.