10.6 THz figure-of-merit phase-change RF switches with embedded micro-heater

2015 IEEE 15th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, SiRF 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 73-75

  Moon, Jeong Sun ^a   Seo, Hwa Chang ^a   Le, Dustin ^a   Fung, Helen ^a   Schmitz, Adele ^a   Oh, Thomas ^a   Kim, Samuel ^a   Son, Kyung Ah ^a   Yang, Baohua ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

insertion loss; phase change material; power handling; RF switches; wireless communications

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INSERTION LOSSES; MATERIALS HANDLING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

FIGURE OF MERITS; OFF-STATE CAPACITANCE; ON-STATE RESISTANCE; POWER HANDLING; RF SWITCH; STATE OF THE ART; THERMAL SWITCHING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84938676002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIRF.2015.7119879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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