Low-loss lateral micromachined switches for high frequency applications
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...Currently, some laterally-driven MEMS switches have been fabricated and reported, such as the lateral RF MEMS switch based on SOI substrate [4], multi-contact MEMS relays based on laterally actuated comb actuators [5], highly reliable lateral MEMS switch utilizing undoped polysilicon as isolation material [6], and the double stop comb driven RF MEMS switch [7]....
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...Laterally moving electrostatically actuated MEMS switches are very uncomplicated to fabricate and very robust to operate [6], [7], [8]....
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...Recently lateral switches fabricated by bulk micromachining process have been studied, which have the benefit of co-fabrication and flexibility of inplane actuator design [5, 6]....
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"Low-loss lateral micromachined swit..." refers background in this paper
...Most of the reported MEMS switches are vertical motion switches, including the fixed–fixed beam switch [1], cantilever beam switch [2], toggle switch [3] and push–pull switch [4]....
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...High resistivity (HR) silicon (Si) has been studied as a substrate material for communication system applications at microwave and millimetre wave frequencies for its mature fabrication process, low cost and acceptable RF performance [13]....
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