Over the past few years, microelectromechanical system (MEMS) based on-chip resonators
have shown significant potential for sensing and high frequency signal processing …

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology has the potential of replacing many of
the radio frequency (RF) components used in to day's satellite communication systems. In …

A software-defined radio (SDR) should theoretically receive any modulated frequency
channel in the (un) licensed spectrum, and guarantee top performance with energy savings …

A fully reconfigurable SDR contains an RX, a TX, and 2 synthesizers for true multi-standard
operation. A MEMS-enabled dual-band LNA proves the feasibility of switched antenna …

In this paper, we develop a physics-based theoretical modeling framework to predict the
device lifetime defined by the dominant degradation mechanisms of RF …

A small-signal equivalent circuit for parallelplate capacitive-gap-transduced
micromechanical resonators is introduced that employs negative capacitance to model the …

Will RF MEMS deliver on its promise to be one of the major MEMS businesses in the future?
RF MEMS has now entered its second generation; high-volume production of both …

Base station costs are dominated by the cost of radio frequency (RF) units, that is, the
duplexers, the power amplifiers, and the radio cards. But Moore's law is not applicable to …

The research on materials and systems for tunable microwave devices has gained attraction
within the last years. The radio frequency characterization and the component design of …

Electromechanical dielectric degradation associated with the hard landing of movable
electrode is a technology-inhibiting reliability concern for capacitive RF-MEMS switches. In …