Integration of nanoelectromechanical relays with silicon nMOS

S Chong, B Lee, S Mitra, RT Howe… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electrostatically actuated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays are integrated with silicon
nMOS devices. An nMOSFET successfully drives a NEM relay with the MOSFET serving as a …

Integration of nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays with silicon CMOS with functional CMOS-NEM circuit

S Chong, B Lee, KB Parizi, J Provine… - 2011 International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper demonstrates electrical results of an integrated Si CMOS-electrostatically
actuated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay circuit. This is an initial step towards realizing …

Analog nanoelectromechanical relay with tunable transconductance

K Akarvardar, HSP Wong - IEEE electron device letters, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We show by simulation that a three-terminal nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay combined
with a feedback resistor provides a tunable transconductance Gm over an adjustable input …

Highly scalable NEMS relays with stress-tuned switching voltage using piezoelectric buckling actuators

U Zaghloul, G Piazza - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports the design, fabrication, characterization, and scaling analysis of novel
buckling-based nanoelectromechanical relays that use, for the first time, piezoelectric …

Laterally actuated platinum-coated polysilicon NEM relays

R Parsa, WS Lee, M Shavezipur… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Laterally actuated polycrystalline silicon nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays with
enhanced electrical properties are presented. Due to surface oxidation of polysilicon in room …

A bistable electrostatic silicon nanofin relay for nonvolatile memory application

B Soon, EJ Ng, N Singh, JM Tsai… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay that is capable of demonstrating two
stable states without on-hold power due to the influence of van der Waals force. This is …

Integrated 4-terminal single-contact nanoelectromechanical relays implemented in a silicon-on-insulator foundry process

Y Li, E Worsey, SJ Bleiker, P Edinger, MK Kulsreshath… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Integrated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays can be used instead of transistors to
implement ultra-low power logic circuits, due to their abrupt turn off characteristics and zero …

Nanoelectromechanical contact switches

OY Loh, HD Espinosa - Nature nanotechnology, 2012 - nature.com
Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches are similar to conventional semiconductor switches
in that they can be used as relays, transistors, logic devices and sensors. However, the …

Nanoelectromechanical switches for low-power digital computing

A Peschot, C Qian, TJ King Liu - Micromachines, 2015 - mdpi.com
The need for more energy-efficient solid-state switches beyond complementary metal-oxide-
semiconductor (CMOS) transistors has become a major concern as the power consumption …

Sub-50 mV NEM relay operation enabled by self-assembled molecular coating

B Osoba, B Saha, L Dougherty… - 2016 IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sub-50 mV operation of nano-electro-mechanical relays is demonstrated for the first time,
enabled by an anti-stiction molecular coating. Specifically, a self-assembled monolayer of …