• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.271-277
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• 2002

In this paper, a MEMS silicon package is newly designed, fabricated for HMIC, and characterized for microwave and millimeter-wave device applications. The proposed package is fabricated by using two high resistivity silicon substrates and surface/bulk micromachining technology. It has a good performance characteristic such as -20㏈ of $S_11$/ and -0.3㏈ of $S_21$ up to 20㎓, which is useful in microwave region. It has also better heat transfer characteristics than the commonly used ceramic package. Since the proposed silicon MEMS package is easy to fabricate and wafer level chip scale packaging is also possible, the production cost can be much lower than the ceramic package. Since it will be a promising low-cost package for mobile/wireless applications.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2003년도 제24회 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.126-126
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• 2003

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 CPW MMIC 실장시 발생되는 기생 공진 현상을 제거하기 위한 새로운 구조의 실리콘 MEMS 패키지를 제안하였다. 또한 세 가지 형태의 실리콘 칩 캐리어(gold-plated high resistivity, lightly doped, high resistivity) 상에 GaAs CPW 패턴을 제작하고 해석/측정함으로써, 제안된 패키지의 성능을 확인하였다. 해석 및 측정 결과 제안된 MEMS 패키지는 비저항이(resistivity) 15 ${\Omega}{\cdot}$㎝인 실리콘 캐리어(carrier)를 사용함으로써 기생 공진 현상을 효과적으로 억제시킬 수 있었다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2023

This paper presents a novel design of a differential patch antenna for 60-GHz millimeter-wave applications. The design process of the back-to-back (BTB) patch antenna is based on the conventional single-patch antenna. The initial design of the BTB patch antenna (Type-I) has a patch size of 0.66 × 0.98 mm² and a substrate size of 0.99 × 1.48 mm². It has a gain of 1.83 dBi and an efficiency of 94.4% with an omni-directional radiation pattern. A 0.4 mm-thick high-resistivity silicon (HRS) is employed for the substrate of the BTB patch antenna. The proposed antenna is further analyzed to investigate the effect of substrate size and resistivity. As the substrate resistivity decreases, the gain and efficiency degrade due to the substrate loss. As the substrate (HRS) size decreases approaching the patch size, the resonant frequency increases with a higher gain and efficiency. The BTB patch antenna has optimal performances when the substrate size matches the patch size on the HRS substrate (Type-II). The antenna is redesigned to have a patch size of 0.81 × 1.18 mm² on the HRS substrate in the same size. It has an efficiency of 94.9% and a gain of 1.97 dBi at the resonant frequency of 60 GHz with an omni-directional radiation pattern. Compared to the initial design of the BTB patch antenna (Type-I), the optimal BTB patch antenna (Type-II) has a slightly higher efficiency and gain with a considerable reduction in antenna area by 34.8%.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.271-277
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• 2004

초고주파 및 밀리미터파 통신 시스템의 집적회로 및 실장 기술로서 CPW기반의 전송선로를 갖는 MMIC 개발이 크게 증가하고 있으나, 실장시 패키지에서 발생되는 기생공진 현상으로 인해 그 성능이 크게 저하될 수 있다. 이런 기생 공진 현상을 억제시키기 위하여 도핑된 lossy 실리콘 웨이퍼를 칩 캐리어로 사용하고, HRS wafer를 사용하여 표면 및 벌크 MEMS 공정이 가능한 실리콘 MEMS 패키지가 해석적으로 제안되었다. 제안된 구조를 제작하여 세 가지의 칩 캐리어(conductor-back metal, 15 Ω$.$cm lossy Si, 15 ㏀$.$cm HRS)위에서 측정하여 실리콘 MEMS 패키지의 특성을 확인하였다. 제안된 실리콘 MEMS 패키지는 15 Ω$.$cm lossy 실리콘 칩 캐리어를 사용하여, 기생 공진 현상을 효과적으로 억제시킬 수 있었다. 전체 패키지에서 중앙의 GaAs CPW 패턴을 de-embedding하여 순수한 CPW MMIC 용의 실리콘 MEMS 패키지는 40 ㎓에서 삽입 손실은 - 2.0 ㏈이며, 전력 손실은 - 7.5 ㏈의 결과를 얻었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2011

In this paper, we designed a tunable microstrip patch antenna using RF MEMS switches. The design and simulation of the antenna were performed using a high frequency structure simulator(HFSS). The antenna was designed for use in the ISM band and either operates at 2.4 GHz or 5.7 GHz achieving -10 dB return-loss bandwidths of 20 MHz and 180 MHz, respectively. In order to obtain high efficiency and improve the ease of integration, a high resistivity silicon(HRS) wafer on a glass substrate was used for the antenna. The antenna achieved high gains: 8 dB at 5.7 GHz and 1 dB at 2.4 GHz. The RF MEMS DC contact switches were simulated and analyzed using ANSYS software.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.129-129
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• 2009

In this paper, a tunable microstrip patch antenna designed using RF MEMS switches is reported. The design and simulation antenna were performed using high frequency structure simulator (HFSS). The antenna was designed in ISM Band and operates simultaneously at 2.4 GHz and 5.7 GHz with a -10 dB return-loss bandwidth of 20 MHz and 180 MHz, respect-tively. To obtain high efficiency and improve integrated ability, the High Resistivity Silicon (HRS) wafer was used for the antenna. The antenna achieved high gain with 8 dB at 5.7 GHzand 1.5 dB at 2.4 GHz. The RF MEMS DC contact switches was simulated and analysis by ANSYS software.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.135-145
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• 2006

This paper presents the theory, design, fabrication and characterization of the novel low actuation voltage capacitive shunt RF-MEMS switch using a corrugated membrane with HRS MEMS packaging. Analytical analyses and experimental results have been carried out to derive algebraic expressions for the mechanical actuation mechanics of corrugated membrane for a low residual stress. It is shown that the residual stress of both types of corrugated and flat membranes can be modeled with the help of a mechanics theory. The residual stress in corrugated membranes is calculated using a geometrical model and is confirmed by finite element method(FEM) analysis and experimental results. The corrugated electrostatic actuated bridge is suspended over a concave structure of CPW, with sputtered nickel(Ni) as the structural material for the bridge and gold for CPW line, fabricated on high-resistivity silicon(HRS) substrate. The corrugated switch on concave structure requires lower actuation voltage than the flat switch on planar structure in various thickness bridges. The residual stress is very low by corrugating both ends of the bridge on concave structure. The residual stress of the bridge material and structure is critical to lower the actuation voltage. The Self-alignment HRS MEMS package of the RF-MEMS switch with a $15{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ lightly-doped Si chip carrier also shows no parasitic leakage resonances and is verified as an effective packaging solution for the low cost and high performance coplanar MMICs.