RF MEMS satellite switch matrices

M Daneshmand, RR Mansour - IEEE Microwave magazine, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology has the potential of replacing many of
the radio frequency (RF) components used in to day's satellite communication systems. In …

A 2-mm 0.1–5 GHz Software-Defined Radio Receiver in 45-nm Digital CMOS

V Giannini, P Nuzzo, C Soens… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A software-defined radio (SDR) should theoretically receive any modulated frequency
channel in the (un) licensed spectrum, and guarantee top performance with energy savings …

Efficient FPGAs using nanoelectromechanical relays

C Chen, R Parsa, N Patil, S Chong… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays are promising candidates for programmable routing in
Field-Programmable-Gate Arrays (FPGAs). This is due to their zero leakage and potentially …

A low actuation voltage electrostatic actuator for RF MEMS switch applications

CH Chu, WP Shih, SY Chung, HC Tsai… - Journal of …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the design, fabrication and characterization of an RF MEMS switch. Low
actuation voltage and high isolation of the switch were achieved by exploiting buckling and …

A ruthenium-based multimetal-contact RF MEMS switch with a corrugated diaphragm

F Ke, J Miao, J Oberhammer - Journal of …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a ruthenium metal-contact RF microelectromechanical system switch
based on a corrugated silicon oxide/silicon nitride diaphragm. The corrugations are …

Monolithic 3-D FPGAs

Z Zhang, YY Liauw, C Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews the recent developments in monolithic 3-D field-programmable gate
arrays (FPGAs). Enabling technologies are covered. Three representative groups of …

A tunable RF MEMS inductor on silicon incorporating an amorphous silicon bimorph in a low-temperature process

S Chang, S Sivoththaman - IEEE electron device letters, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel tunable radio frequency microelectromechanical system inductor based on the
bimorph effect of an amorphous silicon (a-Si) and aluminum structural layer is presented …

Analytical solutions of cubic and quintic polynomials in micro and nanoelectronics using the Lambert-Tsallis Wq function

RV Ramos - Journal of Computational Electronics, 2022 - Springer
There are many problems in nanoelectronics whose solutions are roots of cubic or quintic
polynomials. In most of these cases, the analytical solutions are not known and numerical …

Nano-electro-mechanical relays for FPGA routing: Experimental demonstration and a design technique

C Chen, WS Lee, R Parsa, S Chong… - … , Automation & Test …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nano-Electro-Mechanical (NEM) relays are excellent candidates for programmable routing
in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). FPGAs that combine CMOS circuits with NEM …

[PDF][PDF] Review of low actuation voltage RF MEMS electrostatic switches based on metallic and carbon alloys

Y Mafinejad, A Kouzani, K Mafinezhad… - Journal of …, 2013 - midem-drustvo.si
Radio frequency micro electro mechanical systems (RF MEMS) have enabled a new
generation of devices that bring many advantages due to their very high performances …