A review of micro-contact physics, materials, and failure mechanisms in direct-contact RF MEMS switches

A Basu, GG Adams, NE McGruer - Journal of Micromechanics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Direct contact, ohmic MEMS switches for RF applications have several advantages over
other conventional switching devices. Advantages include lower insertion loss, higher …

The search for a reliable MEMS switch

GM Rebeiz, CD Patel, SK Han, CH Ko… - IEEE microwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The RF community has long been searching for the ideal switch since the birth of
electronics, and it is defined as a device having virtually no insertion loss (Ron= 0 Ω) over a …

Atomic perspective of contact protection in graphene-coated high-entropy films

H Xie, Z Ma, H Zhao, L Ren - Tribology International, 2022 - Elsevier
Covering graphene (Gr) coatings on high-entropy alloy (HEA) films is a promising approach
to avoid its contact damage. However, current understanding regarding the underlying …

Characterization, optimization, and fabrication of phase change material germanium telluride based miniaturized DC–67 GHz RF switches

T Singh, RR Mansour - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the characterization, optimization, and fabrication of phase change
material (PCM) germanium telluride (GeTe) based RF switches investigating the materials' …

Role of boron nitride nanosheet coatings on aluminum substrates during the nanoindentation from the atomic perspective

J Li, Y Huang, Y Zhou, F Zhu - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to study the repeated nanoindentation
on aluminum (Al) substrate with different boron nitride nanosheet (BNNS) coating thickness …

Miniaturized DC–60 GHz RF PCM GeTe-based monolithically integrated redundancy switch matrix using T-type switching unit cells

T Singh, RR Mansour - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an approach to monolithically implement radio-frequency (RF) phase
change material (PCM) germanium telluride (GeTe) T-type switch as a switching unit cell for …

a 500–750 ghz rf mems waveguide switch

U Shah, T Reck, H Frid, C Jung-Kubiak… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on a submillimeter-wave 500-750 GHz micorelectromechanical systems
(MEMS) waveguide switch based on a MEMS-reconfigurable surface to block/unblock the …

Design of a novel structure capacitive RF MEMS switch to improve performance parameters

GS Kondaveeti, K Guha, SR Karumuri… - IET Circuits, Devices …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study reports the design and analysis of novel step structure RF micro‐
electromechanical system (MEMS) switch for low pull‐in voltage, low insertion loss and high …

Comprehensive Review of RF MEMS Switches in Satellite Communications

B Shao, C Lu, Y Xiang, F Li, M Song - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The miniaturization and low power consumption characteristics of RF MEMS (Radio
Frequency Microelectromechanical System) switches provide new possibilities for the …

Novel high isolation and high capacitance ratio RF MEMS switch: design, analysis and performance verification

Z Deng, Y Wang, K Deng, C Lai, J Zhou - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a novel high isolation and high-capacitance-ratio radio-frequency micro-
electromechanical systems (RF MEMS) switch working at Ka-band is designed, fabricated …