RF MEMS: status of the industry and roadmaps Export

@inproceedings{WTC:2005, abstract = {Microsystems for Radio Frequency applications, known as RF MEMS, have entered the commercialization phase in 2003. Bulk Acoustic Wave filters are already produced in series and first commercial samples of switches are available. On the other hand, reliability and packaging problems are still a major hurdle especially for switches and tunable capacitors. Will RF MEMS hold their promise to be one of the future major businesses for MEMS? The presentation will give an overview on RF MEMS applications and market players. WTC will highlight technical challenges that still have to be solved to open mass markets such as mobile telephony and WLAN. WTC will also present applications of RF MEMS and opportunities in niche markets with high added value like military and space applications. WTC will provide a regional analysis and compare R\&D focus and public funding situation in North America, Europe and Asia. Finally, WTC will present an updated product roadmap market forecast for RF MEMS devices for the 2004-2008 time period.}, author = {Bouchaud, Jeremie and Wicht, Henning}, citeulike-article-id = {3906697}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PSISDG005717000001000050000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aip.org/link/?PSI/5717/50}, comment = {1. application frequency range for RF MEMS 2. important MEMS research agencies and startups 3. high end applications: a. automotive radar b. smart munitions c. instrumentation d. military radars/ phase shifters e. satellites 4. mems switches applications concerns mainly a. antenna switching b. filter banks c. power amplifying swithing d. and in the longer term, tunable matching networks }, editor = {Henning, Albert K.}, journal = {MEMS/MOEMS Components and Their Applications II}, keywords = {mems-market, rf-mems}, number = {1}, pages = {50--54}, posted-at = {2009-01-19 02:22:04}, priority = {5}, publisher = {SPIE}, title = {RF MEMS: status of the industry and roadmaps}, url = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PSISDG005717000001000050000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, volume = {5717}, year = {2005} }

TY - CONF ID - WTC:2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3906697 N2 - Microsystems for Radio Frequency applications, known as RF MEMS, have entered the commercialization phase in 2003. Bulk Acoustic Wave filters are already produced in series and first commercial samples of switches are available. On the other hand, reliability and packaging problems are still a major hurdle especially for switches and tunable capacitors. Will RF MEMS hold their promise to be one of the future major businesses for MEMS? The presentation will give an overview on RF MEMS applications and market players. WTC will highlight technical challenges that still have to be solved to open mass markets such as mobile telephony and WLAN. WTC will also present applications of RF MEMS and opportunities in niche markets with high added value like military and space applications. WTC will provide a regional analysis and compare R&D focus and public funding situation in North America, Europe and Asia. Finally, WTC will present an updated product roadmap market forecast for RF MEMS devices for the 2004-2008 time period. IS - 1 JF - MEMS/MOEMS Components and Their Applications II EP - 54 TI - RF MEMS: status of the industry and roadmaps PB - SPIE VL - 5717 SP - 50 KW - mems-market KW - rf-mems N1 - 1. application frequency range for RF MEMS 2. important MEMS research agencies and startups 3. high end applications: a. automotive radar b. smart munitions c. instrumentation d. military radars/ phase shifters e. satellites 4. mems switches applications concerns mainly a. antenna switching b. filter banks c. power amplifying swithing d. and in the longer term, tunable matching networks AU - Bouchaud, Jeremie AU - Wicht, Henning A2 - Henning, Albert PY - 2005/// UR - http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PSISDG005717000001000050000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes ER -