DocumentCode
3495010
Title
An improved design for parallel plate MEMS variable capacitors
Author
Bakri-Kassem, Maher ; Mansour, Raafat R.
Author_Institution
Waterloo Univ., Canada
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
6-11 June 2004
Firstpage
865
Abstract
A MEMS variable capacitor having additional carrier beams is proposed. The use of the carrier beams increases the capacitor´s tuning range and prevents the top plate from collapsing at a tuning range of 50%. The tuning range was measured and found to be 410% at 1 GHz with a maximum DC bias voltage of 9.2 volt. The achievable tuning range exceeds that of the traditional parallel plate MEMS variable capacitors. The proposed MEMS variable capacitor is built using the PolyMUMPs process.
Keywords
UHF devices; micromechanical devices; varactors; 1 GHz; 9.2 V; DC bias voltage; capacitor tuning range; carrier beams; microelectromechanical systems; parallel plate MEMS variable capacitor design; polyMUMPs process.; Capacitors; Electrodes; Electrostatics; Etching; Gold; Iron; Micromechanical devices; Steady-state; Testing; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8331-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1339106
Filename
1339106
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