RF MEMS Improvement Program

Abstract

The work performed under this task was in support of DARPA Special Projects Office (SPO) Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) switch development efforts. The MEMS programs supported were developed and supervised by various DARPA/SPO program managers. During 2000 and early 2001, it became increasingly apparent that the RF MEMS switches and phase shifters being fabricated by all of the contractors working under various DARPA/SPO programs, that were directed toward using these components in various DoD system applications, suffered from various reliability problems which hampered their ability to function properly. In addition, no packages meeting DARPA's electrical and environmental system demands were available, at an acceptable cost, to house these devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA431552

Entities

People

  • Eliot D. Cohen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Earth Orbits
  • Energy Consumption
  • Fabrication
  • Governments
  • Ka Band
  • Ku Band
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Military Research
  • Radio Frequency Power
  • Reliability
  • Shelf Life
  • Space Systems

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems