Force dependence of RF MEMS switch contact heating

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 137-140

  Jensen, B D ^a   Chow, L W ^a   Webbink, R F ^a   Saitou, K ^a   Volakis, J L ^b   Kurabayashi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SINTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CONTACT HEATING; CONTACT PHYSICS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; POWER HANDLING CAPACITY;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 3042825189     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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