RF MEMS for wireless applications

C.T.-C. Nguyen1
1Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems (WIMS) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Tóm tắt

Micromechanical (or /spl mu/mechanical) communication circuits fabricated via IC-compatible MEMS technologies and capable of low-loss filtering, mixing, switching, and frequency generation, are described with the intent to miniaturize wireless transceivers. Possible MEMS-based receiver front-end architectures are then presented that use these micromechanical circuits in large quantities to enhance robustness and substantially reduce power consumption. Among the more aggressive architectures proposed are one based on a /spl mu/mechanical RF channel-selector and one featuring an all-MEMS RF front-end.

Từ khóa

#Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems #Micromechanical devices #Radio frequency #Tunable circuits and devices #Oscillators #Switching circuits #Communication switching #Packaging #Matched filters #Filtering

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