Multiple droplet liquid MEMS component
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorAhmadreza Rofougaran
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Abstract
A liquid micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) component includes a board, a channel, multiple liquid droplets, and one or more conductive elements. The channel is within the board and contains the multiple liquid droplets. A first liquid droplet has first properties and a second liquid droplet has second properties. When a force is applied upon the first and second liquid droplets, the first liquid droplet changes in accordance with the first properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements and the second liquid droplet changes in accordance with the second properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements thereby changing one or more characteristics of the liquid MEMS component.
Claims20
A liquid micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) component comprises:
- a board;
- a channel within the board;
- a first magnetic liquid droplet contained within the channel, wherein the first magnetic liquid droplet has first properties;
- a second magnetic liquid droplet contained within the channel, wherein the second magnetic liquid droplet has second properties;
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- one or more conductive elements proximal to the channel, wherein, when a force is applied upon the first and second magnetic liquid droplets, the first magnetic liquid droplet changes in accordance with the first properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements and the second magnetic liquid droplet changes in accordance with the second properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements thereby changing one or more characteristics of the liquid MEMS component.
A liquid micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) component comprises:
- a board;
- a channel within the board;
- a first electrically conductive liquid droplet contained within the channel, wherein the first electrically conductive liquid droplet has first properties;
- a second electrically conductive liquid droplet contained within the channel, wherein the second electrically conductive liquid droplet has second properties;
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- one or more conductive elements proximal to the channel, wherein, when a force is applied upon the first and second electrically conductive liquid droplets, the first electrically conductive liquid droplet changes in accordance with the first properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements and the second electrically conductive liquid droplet changes in accordance with the second properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements thereby changing one or more characteristics of the liquid MEMS component.
A liquid micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) component comprises:
- a board;
- a channel within the board;
- a first electrically conductive liquid droplet contained within the channel, wherein the first electrically conductive liquid droplet has first electrically conductive properties;
- a second electrically conductive liquid droplet contained within the channel, wherein the second electrically conductive liquid droplet has second electrically conductive properties;
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- one or more conductive elements proximal to the channel, wherein, when a force is applied upon the first and second electrically conductive liquid droplets, the first electrically conductive liquid droplet changes in accordance with the first electrically conductive properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements and the second electrically conductive liquid droplet changes in accordance with the second electrically conductive properties with respect to the one or more conductive elements thereby changing one or more characteristics of the liquid MEMS component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.