actuator comb teeth 218 may be provided by a voltage source 224 supplying gate voltage electrical potential vg directly or indirectly to stationary actuator pad 220 and another voltage source supplying a bias voltage electrical potential directly or indirectly to a stationary spring pad 206 in one embodiment stationary spring pad 206 is coupled to stationary contact pad 268 which directly or indirectly receives drain voltage electrical potential vd from a voltage source 226 in another embodiment stationary spring pad 206 is coupled to stationary contact pad 214 which directly or indirectly receives source voltage electrical potential vs from a voltage source 228 in yet another embodiment stationary spring pad 206 is floated to an arbitrary voltage electrical potential different from gate voltage electrical potential vd voltage sources 224 may represent circuitry separate from switch 100 in a larger device such as a phase shifter a smart antenna a cell phone or a switchable filter voltage sources 226 and 228 may represent circuitry downstream and upstream from switch 200 in the larger device when movable actuator comb teeth 216 and stationary actuator comb teeth 218 rotate hub 258 movable and stationary contact comb teeth 210 and 212 come into contact as well as movable and stationary contact comb teeth 262 and 266 to close a.