RF MEMS for Reconfigurable RF Front-End: Research in Australia

Abstract:

This paper reviews some ground breaking development of RF MEMS technology in Australia at the UNSW, over the past decade. It presents some unique and novel designs using RF MEMS switches to achieve reconfigurable RF front-end circuits. These designs include multiport RF MEMS switches, switch matrices, reconfigurable filters and antennas. The resulting devices achieved RF performance that is unmatched by any existing RF andmicrowave technologies.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 901)
• Pages: 105-110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.901.105
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Liang Gong*, King Yuk Chan, Yi Yang, Rodica Ramer
• Keywords: Filter, Reconfigurable Antennas, RF-MEMS Switch, Switch Matrices

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