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RF MEMS zipping varactor with high quality factor and very large tuning range

RF MEMS zipping varactor with high quality factor and very large tuning range
RF MEMS zipping varactor with high quality factor and very large tuning range
An RF MEMS zipping analog varactor with a high-permittivity bismuth zinc niobate dielectric has been fabricated and characterized. The varactor can be continuously tuned from 10 to 280 fF, with a very large tuning range of 2700%. By use of gold electrodes to ensure a low series resistance, the high quality factors of 317 and 63 at 1 GHz were measured for the minimum and maximum capacitances, respectively. The self-resonance frequency of the varactor is estimated to be 16.6 GHz at the maximum capacitance and 87.6 GHz at the minimum capacitance. With a small device footprint of 540 × 130 ?m2, the zipping varactor is suitable for application in portable reconfigurable RF systems.
0741-3106
1340-1343
Pu, Suan-Hui
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Darbyshire, David
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Wright, Robert
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Kirby, Paul
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Rotaru, Mihai
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Holmes, Andrew
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Yeatman, Eric
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Pu, Suan-Hui
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Darbyshire, David
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Wright, Robert
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Kirby, Paul
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Rotaru, Mihai
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Holmes, Andrew
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Pu, Suan-Hui, Darbyshire, David, Wright, Robert, Kirby, Paul, Rotaru, Mihai, Holmes, Andrew and Yeatman, Eric (2016) RF MEMS zipping varactor with high quality factor and very large tuning range. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 37 (10), 1340-1343. (doi:10.1109/LED.2016.2600264).

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Abstract

An RF MEMS zipping analog varactor with a high-permittivity bismuth zinc niobate dielectric has been fabricated and characterized. The varactor can be continuously tuned from 10 to 280 fF, with a very large tuning range of 2700%. By use of gold electrodes to ensure a low series resistance, the high quality factors of 317 and 63 at 1 GHz were measured for the minimum and maximum capacitances, respectively. The self-resonance frequency of the varactor is estimated to be 16.6 GHz at the maximum capacitance and 87.6 GHz at the minimum capacitance. With a small device footprint of 540 × 130 ?m2, the zipping varactor is suitable for application in portable reconfigurable RF systems.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 August 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 August 2016
Published date: 1 October 2016
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science, Engineering Science Unit

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Local EPrints ID: 404961
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/404961
ISSN: 0741-3106
PURE UUID: 182f99dd-277a-4a61-a2c1-0563a6deaab5
ORCID for Suan-Hui Pu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3335-8880

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Date deposited: 25 Jan 2017 13:56
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:36

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Author: Suan-Hui Pu ORCID iD
Author: David Darbyshire
Author: Robert Wright
Author: Paul Kirby
Author: Mihai Rotaru
Author: Andrew Holmes
Author: Eric Yeatman

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