High power handling capability of movable-waveguide direct contact MEMS switches

Author(s):  
S. Soda ◽  
Y. Yoshida ◽  
M. Hangai ◽  
T. Nishino ◽  
S. Izuo ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Liu ◽  
Y. Zhang ◽  
J. Q. Sheng ◽  
Y. M. Wei ◽  
R. M. Liu ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xubo Guo ◽  
Xiaoping Zhang ◽  
Bisong Cao ◽  
Bin Wei ◽  
Lijuan Mu ◽  
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1991 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Zhao ◽  
R. Lis ◽  
D. Coblentz ◽  
J. Illan ◽  
S. McAfee ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTAn MOCVD grown InP based optothyristor has been fabricated and tested for high power pulsed switching applications. To increase the power handling capability, the thyristor structure has a 250 μm thick Fe doped semi-insulating (SI) InP sandwiched between two pn junctions of a conventional thyristor. The turn-on of the thyristor is controlled by optical illumination on the SI-InP which creates a high concentration of electron and hole pairs. More than 1,100 V device hold-off voltage has been observed and over 66 A switched current has been realized with a di/dt rating of 1.38×1010 A/s. The switched current as a function of switch voltage and of optical illumination power has also been studied. Comparison with the switching characteristics of a bulk SI-InP photoconductive switch clearly indicates the advantage of this optothyristor in terms of power handling capability.







2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-312
Author(s):  
Kaijun Song ◽  
Te Kong ◽  
Yu Zhu ◽  
Hongxing Xu ◽  
Lifei Jiang ◽  
...  

AbstractA novel Gysel power divider with high power-handling capability based on half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) has been presented in this paper. A HMSIW ring is used and good input/output impedance matching is achieved based on HMSIW-microstrip taper transition. Two microstrip stubs are introduced in HMSIW ring to assemble two isolation resistors to improve the isolation between the output ports. The even- and odd-mode analysis method is used for the presented circuit. A prototype of the presented power divider is designed, fabricated, and measured. The measured results show a reasonable agreement with the simulated ones.



2014 ◽  
Vol 609-610 ◽  
pp. 1417-1421
Author(s):  
Chen Xu Zhao ◽  
Xin Guo ◽  
Tao Deng ◽  
Ling Li ◽  
Ze Wen Liu

This paper presents a novel approach to enhancing power-handling capability of metal-contact radio-frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF MEMS) switches based on an Optimized Array Configured (OAC) contact dimples design. The simulation results reveal that this strategy can distribute the RF current more uniformly through each contact of the switch than traditional multiple parallel-configured contacts design, thus leading to a more effective reduction of current through each contact. Therefore, probability of micromelding and adhesion at metal contact point owing to localized high current induced Joule heating, which limits the power handling capability of the metal-contact RF MEMS switch, can be effectively reduced by the proposed approach. Comparing with previously fabricated switch, power-handling capability of the switch with OAC contact dimples can be dramatically improved over 390%.





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