A novel low cost spring-less RF MEMS switch prototype
A novel low cost spring-less RF MEMS switch prototype
This work reports on the fabrication process and measurements of a novel radio frequency microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS) capacitive shunt switch prototype with a mechanically unconstrained armature. The prototype is fabricated in a low cost process based on a printed circuit board (PCB) bonded to a glass slide. The minimum actuation voltage (Vact) of the prototype is 93 V, with a switching time taken from the down to up state (Trise) and from the up to down state (Tfall) of 105 ms and 26 ms respectively.
PCB MEMS, low cost, electrostatic actuation
1462-1465
Kiang, K.S.
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Chong, H.M.H.
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Kraft, M.
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2010
Kiang, K.S.
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Chong, H.M.H.
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Kraft, M.
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Kiang, K.S., Chong, H.M.H. and Kraft, M.
(2010)
A novel low cost spring-less RF MEMS switch prototype.
[in special issue: Eurosensor XXIV Conference]
Procedia Engineering, 5, .
(doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.392).
Abstract
This work reports on the fabrication process and measurements of a novel radio frequency microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS) capacitive shunt switch prototype with a mechanically unconstrained armature. The prototype is fabricated in a low cost process based on a printed circuit board (PCB) bonded to a glass slide. The minimum actuation voltage (Vact) of the prototype is 93 V, with a switching time taken from the down to up state (Trise) and from the up to down state (Tfall) of 105 ms and 26 ms respectively.
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Published date: 2010
Keywords:
PCB MEMS, low cost, electrostatic actuation
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Electronics & Computer Science
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/370455
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