Low resistance, high dynamic range reconfigurable phase change switch for radio frequency applications

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Chua, E K ^a,b   Shi, L P ^a   Zhao, R ^a   Lim, K G ^a   Chong, T C ^a,c   Schlesinger, T E ^b   Bain, J A ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RANGE; ELECTRODE DESIGN; FIRST ORDER; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; LOW RESISTANCE; MELTING TEMPERATURES; ON-STATE RESISTANCE; PARTIAL CRYSTALLIZATION; PHASE CHANGE; RADIO FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RESET CURRENTS; STATE RESISTANCE; STEADY STATE; THERMAL DESIGNS; THERMAL ISOLATION;

HYDROPHONES; RADIO WAVES;

RADIO;

EID: 78649259728     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3508954     Document Type: Article

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