• DocumentCode
    1628219
  • Title

    The state-of-the-art of RF capacitive tunable components (Invited)

  • Author

    Huang, Cong ; Buisman, Koen ; Nanver, Lis K. ; De Vreede, Leo C N

  • Author_Institution
    Delft Inst. of Microsyst. & Nanoelectron., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    619
  • Lastpage
    622
  • Abstract
    An overview is given for the current state-of-the-art of tunable RF elements. For this purpose, tunable RF elements such as thin-film Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) varactors, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based capacitive switch banks and varactors, as well as semiconductor based capacitive switch banks and varactors are reviewed. Their benefits and shortcomings are discussed and compared for various applications.
  • Keywords
    microswitches; varactors; RF capacitive tunable components; capacitive switch banks; micro electro mechanical systems; thin-film barium strontium titanate varactors; tunable RF elements; Capacitance; Micromechanical devices; Q factor; Radio frequency; Switches; Tuning; Varactors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5797-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSICT.2010.5667304
  • Filename
    5667304