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This lecture aims to address some of the main issues that are impeding the progress of RF MEMS from the laboratory to ubiquity.
Radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF MEMS) has been heralded as a technology fit for the 21st centaury, offering unsurpassed RF performance over more conventional solid-state electronic devices. In recent years, this technology has seen a rapid growth in its development. Indeed, within the US, Asia and Europe, R&D is almost at fever pitch. The high levels of investment come second only to the expectations for commercial exploitation. Surprisingly, the first RF MEMS device was reported more than 25 years ago by IBM. Even more surprisingly, to date, the only true RF MEMS device that is commercially available is a simple cantilever switch, and even this is restricted to the US market. So why does this technology appear to be stalling? This lecture aims to address some of the main issues that are impeding the progress of RF MEMS from the laboratory to ubiquity.
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6 December 2005 at 6:00 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour |
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Malet Place Engineering Building |
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Dept of Electronic & Electrical Engineering UCL |
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Free |
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Room 1.03 |
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