1 Compact Planar Dielectric Disk Antennas for X- and KU- bands Igor V. Ivanchenko, Maksym M. Khruslov, and Nina A. Popenko Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 12 Ac. Proskura st., 61085, Kharkov, Ukraine, e-mail: buran-ire.kharkov.ua antenna, as well as radiation patterns and return loss data [5]. Abstract -- The influence of edge effe

Effect of working environment on stiction mechanisms in electrostatic RF-MEMS switches U. Zaghloul1,2,3, G. Papaioannou1,2, 4, B. Bhushan3, P. Pons1,2 , F. Coccetti1,2,5, and R. Plana1,2 1 CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France 2 Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE ; LAAS ; F-31077 Toulouse, France 3 NLBB Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210,

The Discharge Current Through the Dielectric Film in MEMS Capacitive Switches M. Kouteoureli, L. Michalas and G. Papaioannou Solid State Physics Section, Physics Dpt. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens, Greece mkoutsoureli-phys.uoa.gr Abstract-- A new method to determine the bulk discharge current in the dielectric film of MEMS capacitive switches is presented. The method is ba

A new approach to wafer level thin-film encapsulation for RF-MEMS V. Mulloni1, S. Colpo1, H. El Ghannudi2, F. Giacomozzi1, B. Margesin 1 Fondazione B. Kessler, Via Sommarive 18, 38123 Povo-Trento (Italy) +39 0461 314432 RF Microtech, via Mascagni, 11, Perugia (Italy) Abstract -- The paper will discuss in detail a new fabrication process developed for the encapsulation of RFMEMS switches. A shell

Millimeter Wave CRLH CPW Band-Pass Filter on Silicon and Ceramic Substrate Gheorghe Sajin#, Florea Craciunoiu #, Alina-Cristina Bunea#, Andrei A. Muller#, Adrian Dinescu# Marian Zamfirescu*, Razvan Dabu* # National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, IMT Bucharest, Str. Erou Iancu Nicolae 126A, 077190 Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40-21-269 0775 * National Institute for Lase

Improving controllability in RF-MEMS switches using resistive damping M. Spasos1,2, N. Charalampidis1, K. Tsiakmakis1, R. Nilavalan2 (1) ATEI of Thessaloniki, GREECE spasos-el.teithe.gr (2) Brunel University, London, UNITED KINGDOM Key-Words: - charge drive control, RF-MEMS switch, resistive damping, bouncing, contact force Abstract An efficient way to control the impact velocity in order to achi

Tapered walls via holes manufactured using DRIE variable isotropy process D. Vasilache, S. Ronchin, S. Colpo, B. Margesin, F. Giacomozzi, S. Gennaro FBK-irst, via Sommarive 18 - 38123 Trento, Italy; +39 0461 914677 Abstract -- This paper describes a method to manufacture through wafer via holes with tapered walls for RF applications. The main purpose was the need to obtain via holes with tapered

Magneto-Mechanical Modeling and Simulation of MEMS Sensors Based on Electroactive Polymers F. J. O. Rodrigues, L. M. Gonçalves, J. H. Correia and P. M. Mendes University of Minho, Dept. Industrial Electronics, Guimarães, Portugal stimulus sensed.This mechanism may be used to detect mechanical variations, though being used to sense and generate mechanical waves, as well to harvest energy from mecha

Near Millimeter-Wave Building Blocks Based on Novel Coaxial to SIW Transition Valentin Buiculescu 1, Alina Cismaru 1 1 IMT - Bucharest, Erou Iancu Nicolae no.32B, 077190 Bucharest, ROMANIA Abstract - The paper presents a new connection topology intended for flexible integration of substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) components, based on a building blocks concept, due to configuration circular s

Distributed MEMS tunable phase shifters on CMOS technology for millimeter wave frequencies Gustavo Rehder1, Benjamin Blampey2, Trang Vo2, Philippe Ferrari2 1 Laboratory of Microelectronics, University of São Paulo, CP 61548, CEP 05424-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil e-mail: grehder-lme.usp.br 2 IMEP-LAHC ­ Grenoble University-CNRS 5130, 3 Parvis Louis Néel, BP257, 38016 Grenoble Cedex 1, France e-mail