• DocumentCode
    2853295
  • Title

    Design and materials selection for low power laterally actuating nanoelectromechanical relays

  • Author

    Yoo, Kwang ; Lee, Daewoo ; Tiberio, R. ; Conway, J. ; Wong, H.-S Philip ; Nishi, Yoshio

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    1-4 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    This paper reports the design optimization of lateral nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relays for sub 1V actuation by COMSOL simulation with various materials and structures. Measured actuation voltages from fabricated relays showed good matching with simulation.
  • Keywords
    low-power electronics; nanoelectromechanical devices; nanoelectronics; relays; COMSOL simulation; NEM relays; low power laterally actuating nanoelectromechanical relays; material selection; measured actuation voltages; Fabrication; Logic gates; Relays; Semiconductor device modeling; Solids; Structural beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SOI Conference (SOI), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    NAPA, CA
  • ISSN
    1078-621X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2690-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1078-621X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SOI.2012.6404401
  • Filename
    6404401