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 …

Low voltage driven RF MEMS capacitive switch using reinforcement for reduced buckling

D Bansal, A Bajpai, P Kumar, M Kaur… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Variation in actuation voltage for RF MEMS switches is observed as a result of stress-
generated buckling of MEMS structures. Large voltage driven RF-MEMS switches are a …

A low-voltage and low-power RF MEMS series and shunt switches actuated by combination of electromagnetic and electrostatic forces

IJ Cho, T Song, SH Baek, E Yoon - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports new RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches actuated by
the combination of electromagnetic and electrostatic forces for low-voltage and low-power …

Piezoelectrically actuated RF MEMS DC contact switches with low voltage operation

HC Lee, JY Park, JU Bu - IEEE Microwave and wireless …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, fully integrated radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical system (MEMS)
switches with piezoelectric actuation have been proposed, designed, fabricated, and …

A novel pull-up type RF MEMS switch with low actuation voltage

SD Lee, BC Jun, SD Kim… - IEEE microwave and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report a novel pull-up type radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical system (MEMS)
switch with no elastic deformation of the cantilever involved in the actuation. At a voltage of …

A review on RF micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) switch for radio frequency applications

Kurmendra, R Kumar - Microsystem Technologies, 2021 - Springer
This paper is designed to review the MEMS switch by considering key aspects on the basis
of mechanical structure, actuation methods, and types of contact and circuit configurations …

Design, fabrication and RF performances of two different types of piezoelectrically actuated Ohmic MEMS switches

HC Lee, JH Park, JY Park, HJ Nam… - … of micromechanics and …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we have proposed, fabricated and characterized piezoelectrically actuated RF
MEMS (radio-frequency micro-electro-mechanical system) switches. They have been …

Design and modeling of a novel RF MEMS series switch with low actuation voltage

K Khodadady, BA Ganji - Microsystem Technologies, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents the design, analysis, modeling and simulation of a novel RF MEMS
series switches with low actuation voltage. A mechanical modeling is presented to describe …

Electrostatically driven low-voltage micromechanical RF switches using robust single-crystal silicon actuators

JM Kim, S Lee, JH Park, CW Baek… - Journal of …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we demonstrate an electrostatic RF MEMS switch with a low actuation voltage,
which is obtained simply by optimizing the design and fabrication of the robust single-crystal …

High on/off capacitance ratio RF MEMS capacitive switches

H Wei, Z Deng, X Guo, Y Wang… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, high on/off capacitance ratio radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical-
systems (RF MEMS) switches are designed, fabricated, measured and analyzed. Two types …