• DocumentCode
    542551
  • Title

    Design and modeling of a wide tuning range, high Q, low supply voltage MEMS based tunable capacitor for wireless communication applications

  • Author

    Sreeja, B.S. ; Radha, S.

  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    23-25 Feb. 2011
  • Firstpage
    399
  • Lastpage
    402
  • Abstract
    A simulation model for the analysis of MEMS capacitor has been developed using mechanical equivalencies. The capacitor structure used in this paper has four parallel plates to improve the tuning range. Two of the plates are suspended and the other two plates are fixed. The developed mechanical model is validated with the help of structure simulations performed using PolyMumps process. The simulation results show good correlation between the equivalent mechanical model and the structural model.
  • Keywords
    capacitors; micromechanical devices; radiocommunication; MEMS capacitor; PolyMumps process; capacitor structure; high Q low supply voltage MEMS; mechanical model; parallel plates; simulation model; structural model; structure simulation; tunable capacitor; wireless communication application; Analytical models; Capacitance; Capacitors; Equations; Mathematical model; Micromechanical devices; Springs; MEMS capacitor; Mechanical model;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    CAD Systems in Microelectronics (CADSM), 2011 11th International Conference The Experience of Designing and Application of
  • Conference_Location
    Polyana-Svalyava
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0042-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-966-2191-17-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5744511