RF MEMS miniature-switched capacitors with pull-down and pull-up electrodes for high power applications

Summary form only given, as follows. This paper presents miniature RF MEMS switched capacitors with pull-down and pull-up electrodes for increased capacitance ratio and power handling. A 2×2 switch array has three operation states: up-state, down-state and up-up state with capacitances of 115, 370, and 64 fF, respectively. The pull-up electrode increases the capacitance ratio from 3.2 to 5.8 and also solves the problem of RF self actuation and the 2×2 switch was tested up to 4 W at 5 GHz with no change in the measured S-parameters.