Investigations on beam membrane and dielectric materials using Ashby's methodology and their impact on the performance of a MEMS capacitive switch

Kurmendra, R Kumar - Microsystem Technologies, 2021 - Springer
The micro-electro-mechanical-system switch performance significantly depends on
materials used for the design of different components. The two most important elements of …

Materials selection approaches and fabrication methods in RF MEMS switches

Kurmendra, R Kumar - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2021 - Springer
A state of the art review on Radio Frequency Micro-Electromechanical Systems (RF MEMS)
capacitive switches is reported by considering two key aspects:(1) materials selection …

Dielectric material selection for high capacitance ratio and low loss in MEMS capacitive switch using Ashby's methodology

R Kumar - IOP conference series: materials science and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of the RF MEMS capacitive switch is majorly decided on capacitance ratio
and loss in the dielectric layer as they decide the isolation (in dBs) in off condition. The …

FEM simulation and material selection for enhancing the performance of a RF-MEMS capacitive switch

R Kumari, M Angira - Journal of Computational Electronics, 2022 - Springer
The performance of radio-frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF-MEMS) is based
on the material and geometry of the switching device. The first step of any design process is …

Role of dielectric layer and beam membrane in improving the performance of capacitive RF MEMS switches for Ka-band applications

KG Sravani, TL Narayana, K Guha, KS Rao - Microsystem Technologies, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we have analyzed the role of dielectric layer and different beam membranes
on the performance parameters of shunt capacitive RF MEMS switch. The investigation …

RF micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) capacitive switch performance parameters and improvement strategies

Kurmendra, R Kumar - Microsystem Technologies, 2022 - Springer
In this review article, the important switch performance parameters such as actuation
voltage, capacitance ratio, radio frequency-scattering parameters (RF S-parameters), the …

Analysis of pull-in voltage of MEMS switches based on material properties and structural parameters

US Arathy, R Resmi - 2015 international conference on control …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Switches have become very popular in the
Electronics industry and we need to carefully select beam material and structural parameters …

An investigation of dielectric material selection of RF-MEMS switches using Ashby's methodology for RF applications

MK Bonthu, AK Sharma - Microsystem Technologies, 2018 - Springer
This paper presents a dielectric material selection methodology for RF-MEMS switch used
for radio frequency applications. Here Ashby's material selection approach is used to …

[HTML][HTML] Research and analysis of MEMS switches in different frequency bands

W Tian, P Li, LX Yuan - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to their high isolation, low insertion loss, high linearity, and low power consumption,
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches have drawn much attention from …

Improve the performance of a novel capacitive shunt RF MEMS switch by beam and dielectric materials

SG Gandhi, I Govardhani, SK Kotamraju… - … on Electrical and …, 2020 - Springer
This paper deals with design and simulation of RF MEMS Shunt type switch having non-
uniform meanders. The device is optimized and done various electromechanical and RF …