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US 6,787,719 B2Granted
Switch and method for producing the same
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorMarvin Glenn Wong
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Abstract
A switch and method for producing the same. In one embodiment, the switch is produced by depositing a liquid switching element on a substrate, the volume of the liquid switching element being more than needed to fulfill a switching function. A channel plate is moved toward the substrate, the channel plate having a main channel with at least one reservoir fluidically connected thereto, an excess portion of the liquid switching element flowing into the least one reservoir. The channel plate is closed against the substrate.
Claims11
A switch, comprising:
- a channel plate having a main channel formed therein and at least one reservoir fluidically connected to the main channel;
- a substrate having at least one contact pad;
- a liquid switching element deposited on said at least one contact pad, a portion of said liquid switching element flowing from the main channel into the at least one reservoir when said channel plate is assembled to said substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.