S.M. Karabanov - Dr.Sc. (Eng.), Professor of Department of Electronic technology,
Laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation from the Field of Science and Technology

D. V. Suvorov - Ph.D. (Eng.), Associate Professor of Department of Industrial Electronics

G.P. Gololobov - Ph.D. (Eng.), Associate Professor of Department of Industrial Electronics

D.Yu. Tarabrin - Ph.D. (Eng.), Associate Professor of Department of Industrial Electronics

E.V. Slivkin - Ph.D. (Eng.), Associate Professor of Department of Industrial Electronics

E.M. Grigor’ev - Director of the Kasimov Instrument Plant,
Laureate of the competition named after Peter the Great «Best Manager of Russia for 2000»б
Laureate of the Ryazan Region Prize for Science and Technology named after Academician V.F. Utkin

This article presents the results of a study of the influence of various parameters of the geometry of magnetic concentrators on the magnetic sensitivity of magnetically controlled MEMS switches. It is shown that the magnetic sensitivity increases with an increase in the width of the magnetic concentrator and is practically independent of its length. It has been established that the dependence of the magnetic sensitivity on the length of the overlap of the beam-concentrator has a minimum corresponding to approximately 2-3 lengths of the contact gap. Recommendations for increasing the sensitivity of magnetically controlled switches are presented.

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