Proceedings of the 2016 2nd Workshop on Advanced Research and Technology in Industry Applications

Design and Simulation of Copper-based Multimetal-contact RF MEMS Switch

Authors
Zhaoqun Jiang, Zhuhao Gong, Zewen Liu
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Zhaoqun Jiang
Available Online May 2016.
DOI
10.2991/wartia-16.2016.239How to use a DOI?
Keywords
RF MEMS switch, material hardness, multilayer stack, copper
Abstract

This paper presents the design and simulation of metal-contact RF microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch based on the multilayer metal stack Au/Cu/Au. The novel concept of Au/Cu/Au contact metallization is introduced to increase the hardness of the contact material. The mechanical and RF characteristics of the designed switch are investigated by CoventorWare and ANSOFT HFSS. The simulation results indicate that the pull-in voltage is 32V, the closing time is 25 s, and the opening time is 18 s. The insertion loss is better than -0.12dB and isolation is better than -25dB up to 20GHz.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2016 2nd Workshop on Advanced Research and Technology in Industry Applications
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
May 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-195-7
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/wartia-16.2016.239How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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