Electromagnetic performance of RF NEMS graphene capacitive switches

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-79

  Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Perruisseau Carrier, Julien ^b   Moldovan, Clara ^a   Ionescu, Adrian Mihai ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LEMA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Graphene; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); microwave; millimeter waves; nanoelectromechanical switch; RF nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY VARIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHES;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MEMS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NEMS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84892422601     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2290945     Document Type: Article

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