Large Out-of-Plane Displacement Bistable Electromagnetic Microswitch on a Single Wafer

This paper presents a bistable microswitch fully batch-fabricated on a single glass wafer, comprising of a microactuator, a signal transformer, a microspring and a permanent magnet. The bistable mechanism of the microswitch with large displacement of 160 μm depends on the balance of the magnetic for...

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Main Authors: Xiaodan Miao, Xuhan Dai, Yi Huang, Guifu Ding, Xiaolin Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-05-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/634