Reconfigurable antennas are devices that can dynamically alter their geometry and/or
electromagnetic properties tofacilitate different behaviors. Numerous approaches for …

Germanium telluride (GeTe) is a phase-change material (PCM) from chalcogenide family,
which undergoes reversible transition between amorphous and crystalline phase when …

An inline chalcogenide phase-change radio-frequency (RF) switch using germanium
telluride and driven by an integrated, electrically isolated thin-film heater for thermal …

A central issue of nanoelectronics concerns their fundamental scaling limits, that is, the
smallest and most energy-efficient devices that can function reliably. Unlike charge-based …

Vanadium dioxide (VO 2) is a correlated electron system that features a metal-insulator
phase transition (MIT) above room temperature and is of interest in high speed switching …

An inline chalcogenide phase change RF switch utilizing germanium telluride (GeTe) and
driven by an integrated, electrically isolated thin film heater for thermal actuation has been …

We demonstrate four-terminal GeTe-based RF switches with independent thermal actuation
(switching). These devices incorporate an AlN-based dielectric separating high-conductivity …

A high performance RF (radio-frequency) switch based on the phase change effect in
germanium-telluride (GeTe) is described. Thermal pulses applied to a separate independent …

The paper presents the results of a computational thermo-kinetic model of laser heating of
GeTe thin films and their subsequent thermoconductive and radiative cooling. A comparison …

A monolithic integration of phase change material (PCM) switches with a MEMS resonator is
provided to implement switching and reconfiguration functionalities. MEMS resonator …