Integrated Micromechanical Radio Front-Ends

Author

Nguyen, Clark T C

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

fYear

2008

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An overview of MEMS technologies capable of realizing the RF front-end frequency gating function needed by true software-defined cognitive radios is presented. Among the technologies described are vibrating disk micromechanical resonators that exhibit record on-chip frequency-Q products; medium-scale integrated micromechanical circuits that implement on/off switchable filter banks; and a process technology that integrates nickel MEMS together with foundry CMOS transistors in a fully monolithic single-chip process.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; micromechanical devices; transistors; CMOS transistors; MEMS technologies; RF front-end frequency gating function; integrated micromechanical radio front-ends; medium-scale integrated micromechanical circuits; monolithic single-chip process; nickel MEMS; on/off switchable filter banks; record on-chip frequency-Q products; software-defined cognitive radios; vibrating disk micromechanical resonators; CMOS technology; Cognitive radio; Filter bank; Foundries; Integrated circuit technology; Micromechanical devices; Nickel; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, 2008. VLSI-TSA 2008. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hsinchu

ISSN

1524-766X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1614-1

Electronic_ISBN

1524-766X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTSA.2008.4530773

Filename

4530773