• DocumentCode
    1802176
  • Title

    Full-wave analysis and electromechanical characterization of tunable capacitors

  • Author

    Farina, M. ; Keating, D. ; Jafri, I. ; Rozzi, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettronica e Autom., Ancona Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    737
  • Abstract
    The paper presents the electromagnetic and electromechanical analysis of micro-machined tunable capacitors, suitable for integration in tunable antennas, reconfigurable filters and voltage controlled oscillators. The coupled electromechanical simulation is performed in order to calculate the behavior of the capacitors as function of the material properties and the applied voltage. The generalized transverse resonance-diffraction (GTRD) approach is used to obtain the frequency-domain electromagnetic response. Results are shown to be in good agreement with reported experimental values.
  • Keywords
    capacitors; electromagnetic fields; frequency-domain analysis; micromechanical devices; electromechanical analysis; frequency-domain response; full-wave electromagnetic analysis; generalized transverse resonance-diffraction approach; micro-machined tunable capacitors; reconfigurable filters; tunable antennas; voltage controlled oscillators; Capacitors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Columbus, OH, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7846-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2003.1217566
  • Filename
    1217566