Chris Keimel is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Menlo Micro, where he oversees the company’s technical strategy and leads R&D on its metal-MEMS “Ideal Switch” technology. He helped originate the platform at GE Global Research, advancing miniaturised relay structures for power and RF applications. Chris has authored peer-reviewed papers and holds numerous patents in MEMS switching. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University.
Key Things to Know:
EMRs: Proven and low-loss when closed, but slow, wear-prone, and require continuous coil power that wastes energy.
Solid-state swit
