Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)


 RF MEMS
       

In-house design and development of the passive RF circuits

Litho and etching process established in MEMS fab

Aluminum / Gold metallization and etching

Circuit realized on different substrates like Glass, polyimide
   
   
Micromachined RF-Capacitor
       
     
     
  Polyimide Filled Cavity
 
Series Resonant freq. : 4.5GHz
 
Capacitance             : 2 pF
 
Quality factor           : 37
   
 
     
     
   
   
Micromachined X-Band Resonator
     
 
Features
     
 

Two wafer concept
 
Q ≈300
 
IL = 10dB
 
RL= 30dB
 
Size: 15.5 mm x 15.38 mm
     
 
Applications
     
 
Band pass filters
 
Planar Oscillators
     
     
     
       
 



 
 
 
Frequency scaled Resonator
     
     
     
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

On Low Resistivity Silicon

With Polyimide filed Cavity

       
 
Q reduction from 300 to 200
   
Frequency lowered by 2GHz.
   
Remains to be compact at low  frequency too.
   
CMOS compatible process amenable for SoC.
       
       
       
       
     
       
       
Ultra wideband Filters (UBF)
     
 
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
     
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Band stop Filter  

Band pass Filter
   

Center Frequency : 6.8 GHz
 

 

Center Frequency : 6.8 GHz
   
Bandwidth           : > 100%
    Bandwidth           : > 100 %
   
Return Loss         : > 25 dB in 5 GHz band
    Return Loss         : > 10 dB in 5GHz band
   
Insertion Loss      :<1.5 dB
    Insertion Loss      :   <1 dB
               
Multiband Filters
 

Dual-band BSF

Tri-band BSF

















 
 

Frequency Bands : C & K   Frequency Bands : C, Ku & K
 

Insertion Loss     : <1.5 dB   Insertion Loss     : <1.8 dB
 

Return Loss        : >15 dB   Return Loss        : >15 dB
           
         

Updated on April 08, 2008