Comparative study of analytical and simulated doubly-supported RF MEMS switches for mechanical and electrical performance

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-15

  Kingsley, Nickolas ^a,b,c,d   Wang, Guoan ^a,b   Papapolymerou, John ^a,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

^d IEEE APS ^*  (Canada)

^e URSI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PULL-DOWN VOLTAGE; RADIO FREQUENCY MICROELETROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; SWITCHING ELEMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHATRONICS; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; SIMULATORS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33644641820     PISSN: 10544887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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