Design of carbon nanotubes based microwave applications employing mechanical resonance analysis

Author

Ahmad, Mahmoud Al ; Milne, W.I. ; Plana, Robert

Author_Institution

LAAS, CNRS, Toulouse

fYear

2008

fDate

20-23 April 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have good mechanical properties and unique structural, electronic, thermal, and optical characteristics. In this work, we present the results of our investigations of a resonator device based on embedded vertical CNT arrays. The device´s design is based on the mechanical resonance of the tubes. CoventorWare FEA tools have been used to simulate the mechanical resonance frequencies of the vertical nanotubes arrays integrated on a silicon substrate.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; monolithic integrated circuits; nanotube devices; substrates; CoventorWare FEA tools; carbon nanotube design; electronic characteristics; embedded vertical CNT arrays; mechanical properties; mechanical resonance analysis; mechanical resonance frequencies; microwave applications; optical characteristics; silicon substrate; thermal characteristics; vertical nanotubes arrays; Carbon nanotubes; Resonance; Carbon nanotubes; material parameters; mechanical resonance; radio frequency; tunability; tunable circuit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Micro-Systems, 2008. EuroSimE 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Freiburg im Breisgau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2127-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2128-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESIME.2008.4525040

Filename

4525040