A fast liquid-metal droplet switch using EWOD

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 767-770

  Sen, Prosenjit ^a   Kim, Chang Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DROPS; LIQUID METALS;

CONTACT RELIABILITY; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS; HIGH-ACCURACY POSITIONING; LIQUID METAL DROPLETS; RF APPLICATIONS; RISE AND FALL TIME; SWITCHING SPEED; VISUAL DEGRADATIONS;

MEMS;

EID: 52249091514     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/memsys.2007.4432998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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