Design and fabrication of a microelectromechanical (MEM) switch-based microwave high Tc superconductor resonator
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Major/Program
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor's Name
Grover Larkins
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Yuri Vlassov
Third Advisor's Name
Mariya Brzhezinskaya
Fourth Advisor's Name
Jean Andrian
Date of Defense
11-22-2004
Abstract
This work extends the use of our high performance (less than 0.05 dB insertion loss, greater than 30 dB isolation) high-Tc superconductor MEM switch to a switched-based coplanar waveguide "T"-resonator structure. The most significant advantages here are its low mass and volume. Competitive technologies require actuators on the order of a few milligrams to a few tens of grams or more and volumes of the order of tens of cm3. The integrated MEM devices present the designer with an alternative of a mass of a few micrograms and a volume of less than 5x 10-6 cm3 at the same performance levels. The design of the switch was optimized using Sonnet simulations.
Identifier
FI15101334
Recommended Citation
Fairweather, Dane, "Design and fabrication of a microelectromechanical (MEM) switch-based microwave high Tc superconductor resonator" (2004). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3160.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3160
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