Characterization of an embedded RF-MEMS switch

Kaynak, Mehmet and Ehwald, K. E. and Scholz, Rene and Korndörfer, F. and Wipf, C. and Sun, Y. M. and Tillack, B. and Zihir, Samet and Gürbüz, Yaşar (2010) Characterization of an embedded RF-MEMS switch. In: Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF 2010), New Orleans, LA

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Abstract

An RF-MEMS capacitive switch for mm-wave integrated circuits, embedded in the BEOL of 0.25μm BiCMOS process, has been characterized. First, a mechanical model based on Finite-Element-Method (FEM) was developed by taking the residual stress of the thin film membrane into account. The pull-in voltage and the capacitance values obtained with the mechanical model agree very well with the measured values. Moreover, S-parameters were extracted using Electromagnetic (EM) solver. The data observed in this way also agree well with the experimental ones measured up to 110GHz. The developed RF model was applied to a transmit/receive (T/R) antenna switch design. The results proved the feasibility of using the FEM model in circuit simulations for the development of RF-MEMS switch embedded, single-chip multi-band RF ICs.
Item Type: Papers in Conference Proceedings
Uncontrolled Keywords: Embedded MEMS , FEM analysis , RF-MEMS switch , mm-wave circuits , monolithic integration
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Electronics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Yaşar Gürbüz
Date Deposited: 08 Dec 2010 16:30
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 08:59
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/15856

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