US Patent 7158363 Liquid metal varactor and method

Patent 7158363 was granted and assigned to Agilent Technologies on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Agilent Technologies

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71583630

Patent Inventor Names

Timothy Beerling0

Date of Patent

January 2, 2007

Patent Application Number

111030950

Date Filed

April 11, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Eric W Thomas

Patent abstract

A varactor includes a container forming a liquid chamber, a first electrode mounted adjacent the chamber, and a second electrode mounted adjacent the chamber. The chamber may be sized and configured, and a spacing between the electrodes and the chamber may be selected, so that a contact angle of a quantity of liquid metal in the chamber relative to at least one of the electrodes can be changed by applying a bias voltage.