• DocumentCode
    1775976
  • Title

    Design of single crystal silicon based RF MEMS switch with high contact force

  • Author

    Mei Di ; Wu Jing ; Yu YuanWei ; Zhang PeiRan ; Zhu Jian

  • Author_Institution
    NanJing Electron. Devices Inst., Nanjing, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    26-29 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    1345
  • Lastpage
    1347
  • Abstract
    A metal contact RF MEMS switch based on single crystal silicon is presented in this article. Performance of the switch is demonstrated numerically in simulations. The mN-level contact and release forces are achieved. Pull-in voltage is calculated to be 40V. 1.5mN contact force and 1.2mN release force are achieved when actuation voltage is 50V. The isolation and insertion loss are better than -30.8dB and -0.09dB respective between DC and 10GHz. The fabrication process is presented as well.
  • Keywords
    microswitches; microwave switches; frequency 10 GHz; voltage 40 V; voltage 50 V; Contacts; Force; Microswitches; Radio frequency; Silicon; Stress; RF MEMS switch; SOI; contact force; metal contact; single crystal silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2014 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Harbin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-4355-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APCAP.2014.6992772
  • Filename
    6992772