• DocumentCode
    1942087
  • Title

    RF MEMS tunable inductor

  • Author

    Zine-El-Abidine, I. ; Okoniewski, M. ; McRory, J.G.

  • Author_Institution
    TRLabs, Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    17-19 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    817
  • Abstract
    This paper reports a single-wafer micromachined radio-frequency (RF) inductor that can be integrated in a conventional RFIC device. The inductor achieved a quality factor greater than 9 at 5 GHz and a self-resonance frequency well above 15 GHz. The inductor is tunable and the inductance variation is greater than 8%.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; inductors; micromechanical devices; microwave devices; tuning; 5 GHz; RF MEMS tunable inductor; inductance variation; self-resonance frequency; single-wafer micromachined radio-frequency inductor; Etching; Fabrication; Gold; Inductance; Inductors; Q factor; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Silicon; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2004. MIKON-2004. 15th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    83-906662-7-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIKON.2004.1358483
  • Filename
    1358483