Nanoelectromechanical switches for reconfigurable antennas
Author
Cetiner, B.A.
Bıyıklı, Necmi
Yildirim, B.S.
Damgaci, Y.
Date
2010Source Title
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
Print ISSN
0895-2477
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
64 - 69
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
We report on the full-wave analyses of a frequency reconfigurable antenna integrated with metallic nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) switches (length = 3 μm, width = 60 nm). The NEMS switch used in this work has the same architecture with low voltage, double-arm cantilever-type metallic DC-contact microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch recently developed in author's group. The microfabrication and characterization of the MEMS switch have also been given in this article. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords
Full-wave electromagnetic analysisMicroelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch
Multifunctional reconfigurable antenna
Nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) switch
Electromagnetic analysis
Microelectromechanical system switches
Nano electromechanical systems
Reconfigurable antenna
Composite micromechanics
Mechatronics
MEMS
Microelectromechanical devices
NEMS
Antennas