Curved in-plane electromechanical relay for low power logic applications

D Grogg, U Drechsler, A Knoll, U Duerig… - Journal of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
A curved design for in-plane micro-and nano-electromechanical switches based on a single
clamped cantilever is proposed, optimized with finite-element simulations and demonstrated …

Silicon carbide (SiC) nanoelectromechanical switches and logic gates with long cycles and robust performance in ambient air and at high temperature

T He, R Yang, V Ranganathan… - 2013 IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate nanoelectromechanical contact-mode switches and logic gates with high
performance, enabled by cantilever-structured SiC nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) …

Robust silicon carbide (SiC) nanoelectromechanical switches with long cycles in ambient and high temperature conditions

T He, R Yang, S Rajgopal, MA Tupta… - 2013 IEEE 26th …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report experimental demonstration of nanoscale electromechanical contact-mode
switches with clearly high comparative performance, enabled by polycrystalline silicon …

Dynamic properties of three-terminal tungsten CMOS-NEM relays under nonlinear tapping mode

M Riverola, G Vidal-Alvarez, G Sobreviela… - IEEE Sensors …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the electrical characterization of the nonlinear tapping mode of the
nanorelays capacitively transduced. Such a characterization is carried out utilizing three …

Electrodynamic force, Casimir effect, and stiction mitigation in silicon carbide nanoelectromechanical switches

R Yang, J Qian, PXL Feng - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Logic switches enabled by nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) offer abrupt on/off‐state
transition with zero off‐state leakage and minimal subthreshold swing, making them …

Analytical compact model in Verilog-A for electrostatically actuated ohmic switches

A Bazigos, CL Ayala… - … on Electron Devices, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, electronics face a challenge regarding the power consumption of integrated
circuits (ICs). There is a need for new devices that can provide improved switching …

Contact reliability improvement of a poly-SiGe based nano-relay with titanium nitride coating

M Ramezani, S Severi, A Moussa… - … Conference on Solid …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work reports a TiN coated contact implemented in a vertically actuated SiGe-based
Nano-Electro-Mechanical (NEM) relay. It is shown that covering the bottom of the movable …

Nanomechanical switch designs to overcome the surface adhesion energy limit

IR Chen, C Qian, E Yablonovitch… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An analytical model is developed to assess the switching energy of a nanomechanical
switch. Alternative switch designs are proposed to leverage spring-restoring force to …

[HTML][HTML] Sub-0.3 volt amorphous metal WNx based NEMS switch with 8 trillion cycles

AM Mayet, MA Muqeet, HH Alhashim, F Kurdahi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The mechanical nature of nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches makes them
sluggish yet desirable for ultra-low-power, harsh environment applications. Two-and three …

Energy reversible switching from amorphous metal based nanoelectromechanical switch

A Mayet, CE Smith, MM Hussain - 2013 13th IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report observation of energy reversible switching from amorphous metal based
nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switch. For ultra-low power electronics, NEM switches can be …