Innovations in relevant micro-contact areas are highlighted, these include, design, contact
resistance modeling, contact materials, performance and reliability. For each area the basic …

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 …

This work presents measured results from test chips containing circuits implemented with
micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) relays. The relay circuits designed on these test chips …

Power density has grown to be the dominant challenge for continued complementary metal–
oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology scaling. Together with recent improvements in …

A 4-terminal (4T) relay technology is proposed for complementary logic circuit applications.
The advantage of the 4T relay design is that it provides a means for electrically adjusting the …

Microelectromechanical relays have recently been proposed for ultra-low-power digital logic
because their nearly ideal switching behavior can potentially enable reductions in supply …

Emerging applications such as the Internet-of-Things and more-electric aircraft require
electronics with integrated data storage that can operate in extreme temperatures with high …

This paper reports on the implementation of low-voltage complementary mechanical logic
achieved by using body-biased aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric microelectro …

The present review provides information relevant to issues and challenges in MEMS testing
techniques that are implemented to analyze the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) …

The impact of device operating parameters on the ON-state resistance (R ON) of
microelectromechanical relays with tungsten (W) electrodes is reported. Due to the …