MEMS-4-MMIC: Merging RF-MEMS switches & MMIC

R. Baggen; R. Malmqvist; D. Smith; Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä; W. Simon

MEMS-4-MMIC: Merging RF-MEMS switches & MMIC

R. Baggen, R. Malmqvist, D. Smith, Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä, W. Simon

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Abstract

During the last years, RF Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System switches (MEMS) have experienced a tremendous progress in terms of technology development and RF-applications. Such circuits successfully demonstrate nowadays such outstanding properties that they could become key building blocks of next generation RF-communication and sensor systems. The merging of RF-MEMS switches and MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) is the next logical and economical step in MMIC development [1-12]. The European FP7 project MEMS-4-MMIC (STREP) aims at the physical merging of two different technologies: innovative RF-MEMS switch technology on one side and proven MMIC technology on the other side thus realising highly integrated MMIC components for applications such as reconfigurable wireless systems, phased arrays for mobile satellite platforms and radar, multimedia WLAN systems, and cognitive radio, for example. Such future agile RF-frontends will be able to more efficiently use the (available) RFspectrum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop - ESTEC
Place of Publication	Noordwijk
Publisher	European Space Agency ESA
Pages	321-327
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop - ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Duration: 18 May 2009 → 20 May 2009

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Conference	5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop
Country	Netherlands
City	Noordwijk
Period	18/05/09 → 20/05/09

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Keywords

MEMS
RF MEMS
MMIC
antenna
antenna array

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Baggen, R., Malmqvist, R., Smith, D., Vähä-Heikkilä, T., & Simon, W. (2010). MEMS-4-MMIC: Merging RF-MEMS switches & MMIC. In Proceedings of the 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop - ESTEC (pp. 321-327). European Space Agency ESA.

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Baggen, R, Malmqvist, R, Smith, D, Vähä-Heikkilä, T & Simon, W 2010, MEMS-4-MMIC: Merging RF-MEMS switches & MMIC. in Proceedings of the 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop - ESTEC. European Space Agency ESA, Noordwijk, pp. 321-327, 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 18/05/09.

MEMS-4-MMIC : Merging RF-MEMS switches & MMIC. / Baggen, R.; Malmqvist, R.; Smith, D.; Vähä-Heikkilä, Tauno; Simon, W.

Proceedings of the 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop - ESTEC. Noordwijk : European Space Agency ESA, 2010. p. 321-327.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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