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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
In this paper a new method to solve the microwave matching problem of MEMS shunt connected switches is proposed, as an extension of a previously presented approach based on the image parameter formulation. The image phase concept is used to impose the matching condition in the``on''state of the device, which is the most critical one. Two different configurations are investigated: a single basic cell and double basic cell topologies. For both of them an analytic modeling procedure is developed, and the equations for the synthesis of the structures are derived. In order to provide some examples, the method has been applied to a previously realized MEMS shunt variable capacitor.
Publisher: 
EMW Publishing
Publication date: 
1 Jan 2016
Authors: 

Giancarlo Bartolucci, Giorgio De Angelis, Andrea Lucibello, Romolo Marcelli, Emanuela Proietti

Biblio References: 
Volume: 63 Pages: 173-182
Origin: 
Progress In Electromagnetics Research C