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Type: 
Conference
Description: 
Packaged MEMS devices for RF applications have been modelled, realized and tested. In particular, RF MEMS single ohmic series switches (SPST) have been obtained on silicon high resistivity substrates and they have been integrated in alumina packages to get single-pole-double-thru (SPDT) and true-time-delay-line (TTDL) configurations. As a result, TTDLs for wide band operation, designed for the (6–18) GHz band, have been obtained, with predicted insertion losses less than 2 dB up to 14 GHz for the short path and 3 dB for the long path, and delay times in the order of 0.3–0.4 ns for the short path and 0.5–0.6 ns for the long path. The maximum differential delay time is in the order of 0.2 ns.
Publisher: 
IEEE
Publication date: 
13 Oct 2008
Authors: 

Giorgio De Angelis, Andrea Lucibello, Romolo Marcelli, Simone Catoni, Antonio Lanciano, Roberta Buttiglione, Massimiliano Dispenza, Flavio Giacomozzi, Benno Margesin, Alfredo Maglione, Mirko Erspan, Chantal Combi

Biblio References: 
Volume: 1 Pages: 227-230
Origin: 
2008 International Semiconductor Conference