MEMS & NEMS Devices, Modeling & Applications – Page 16

Design and Analysis of FBAR switches for RF Front-End Mobile Terminal

Chawla P., Khanna R., kurukshetra institute of technology and management, IN

In this paper, an introduction and overview of MEMS technology with a focus on RF applications of MEMS in the design of mobile terminal are presented. Such RF MEMS switches have displayed excellent RF characteristics, [...]

Meander based RF MEMS capacitive switch for Mobile Front End Terminal Antenna support

Chawla P., Khanna R., KITM, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, IN

Future RF network’s main requirements are compact size; support to heterogeneous network which drive the requirements for multiband support. Self-similar shaped structure has useful applications in cellular telephone and microwave communications etc. Video conferencing, streaming [...]

A Novel Silicon-based Wideband Nano Switch for RF Applications

Yang Y.X., Ramer R., University of New South Wales (UNSW), AU

This paper presents, for the first time, a silicon-based wideband RF nano switch with simulation fabrication measurement and analysis. Port-to-port simulation results of the RF nano switch indicate that the designed switch has a potential [...]

A simple and low cost method for fabrication of nanochannels using water soluble nanowires

Joshi A., Agharkar Research Institute, IN

Nanowires of K2Mo3O10.4H2O with high yield were synthesized in 15 min using simple chemical method at room temperature from aqueous precursors; (NH4)6Mo7O24.4H2O and KCl mixed in a mass ratio of 3:1. Water solubility rate of [...]

Gravimeter on a Chip: A Theoretical Study

Li F., Clark J.V., Purdue University, US

We present a theoretical study of our proposed gravimeter on a chip. A gravimeter is a device used to measure gravity. In contrast to conventional gravimeters, our gravimeter is expected to be microscale, cheaper, more [...]

Reconfigurable RF Front End Section of Mobile

Chawla K., Chawla P., Saluja N., Chawla K., Chawla P., Gupta N., Chhikara A., Kaur K., Suman S.K., KITM,kurukshetra, IN

In this proposal, the application of MEMS technology with a focus on RF applications in the design of next generation mobile terminal is taken up. RF MEMS switches have displayed excellent RF characteristics, including lower [...]

Comparison of Electrical performance of Symmetric Toggle Switch with different dielectric layers

Maninder K., Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, IN

This paper presents the electrical performance comparison of Symmetric Toggle RF MEMS Switch (STS), by incorporating hafnium oxide (HfO2) as a dielectric material instead of silicon dioxide (SiO2). Fig. 1(a) and (b) shows the 3-D [...]

High Sensitivity Dielectric Filled Lamé Mode Resonator for Chemical and Biological Applications

Heidari A., Yoon YJ., Park WT., Lin J.T.M., Nanyang Technological University, SG

In recent years the use of micro and nano electromechanical (MEMS/NEMS) resonators for mass sensing applications has been extensively explored. In many applications, high sensitivity biomass sensors are required to sense small biological entities (e.g. [...]

Control of MEMS-Technology Axial Topology MicroServos

Lyshevski S.E., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

Concurrent microsystems design, optimization, data-intensive analysis and hardware-software co-design of digital high-performance microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have become major challenging themes. The major goal of this paper is to report-and-apply viable methodologies for design–and–implementation of MEMS [...]

A Pressure Sensor Array with Sensing Ragnes Tunable by Drving Frequency

Lai Y.-T., Yang Y-J, National Taiwan University, TW

This work presents the development of a novel pressure sensing array which sensing ranges are tunable during operation. The sensing element consists of carbon nanotubes (CNT) dispersed in nematic liquid crystals composites. The sensing ranges [...]