Design and modeling of RF MEMS modules in silicon substrate for WiMAX applications

Author

Monajemi, P.

Author_Institution

Jacket Micro Devices, Atlanta, GA

fYear

2006

fDate

18-20 Jan. 2006

Abstract

This paper reports on design, electrical analysis and modeling, and process development for tunable RF MEMS modules including high-Q tunable capacitors and inductors, and analog tunable LC filters in silicon substrate for the 5.725-5.850 GHz license exempt band of IEEE 802.16 WiMAX technology. Electromagnetic analysis of the RF modules is performed in Ansoft HFSS and Sonnet to extract the parasitics into the circuit. The MEMS process is a two-metal surface micromachining to fabricate tunable capacitors and inductors on low-loss polymer on silicon wafers. Capacitors as large as 0.77 pF with Q of 220, gap size of 4 mum, and tuning range of 1.38:1 and inductors as big as 0.85 nH with Q of 80 are designed. The 4 mm² MEMS bandpass filter has a frequency tuning range of 6.5%/10V

Keywords

Q-factor; WiMax; band-pass filters; elemental semiconductors; inductors; micromachining; micromechanical devices; microwave circuits; microwave filters; polymers; silicon; varactors; 0.77 pF; 4 micron; 5.725 to 5.850 GHz; Ansoft HFSS; IEEE 802.16 WiMAX technology; MEMS bandpass filter; RF MEMS modules; Si; Sonnet analysis; analog tunable LC filters; low-loss polymer; sacrificial polymer; tunable capacitor; two-metal surface micromachining; Capacitors; Filters; Inductors; Licenses; Micromechanical devices; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Silicon; Tunable circuits and devices; Tuning; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2006. Digest of Papers. 2006 Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9472-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2005.1587950

Filename

1587950