• DocumentCode
    3465060
  • Title

    Electromagnetic interference induced during the switching of a capacitive RF MEMS switch

  • Author

    Yuan, Xiao-Lin ; Huang, Qing-An ; Liao, Xiao-Ping

  • Author_Institution
    Key Lab. of MEMS of Minist. of Educ., Southeast Univ., Nanjing
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    578
  • Lastpage
    580
  • Abstract
    During the switching of a capacitive RF MEMS switch, there will be electromagnetic wave radiated. Based on the dynamic model of the membrane bridge, the switching process is divided here into four stages, and the model of the electromagnetic wave radiated in each stage is developed using Maxwell equations. Finally, the model is verified by comparison with the result of the element area method. In the charging stage and the pull-down stage, there is an electromagnetic pulse radiated. Especially in the charging stage, the total radiated energy is about 1.74 times 10-8 J. In the discharging stage, the electromagnetic wave radiated is resonance wave whose frequency is about 23.4GHz (it is in the range of the RF signal). So these will remind the designers of adding special circuit which can filter the noise
  • Keywords
    Maxwell equations; electromagnetic interference; microswitches; microwave switches; Maxwell equations; capacitive RF MEMS switch; charging stage; electromagnetic interference; electromagnetic pulse; electromagnetic wave radiation; element area method; membrane bridge; pull-down stage; resonance wave; Biomembranes; Bridge circuits; EMP radiation effects; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic scattering; Maxwell equations; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Resonance; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2006. ICSICT '06. 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0160-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0161-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306380
  • Filename
    4098172