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Radant MEMS Switch (continued)
Applications and Benefits
Radant MEMS switches are an attractive alternative to solid state and electromagnetic relay switches because they offer several advantages, all of which reduce costs and increase application performance:
- Low power consumption
- Long life cycle (rated to 100 billion cycles)
- Significant form factor reduction, improved RF Performance,
Low Loss, High-Isolation, extremely linear
- Increased switching speed over electromagnetic relays
Radant MEMS switches provide significant cost-reducing benefits over other RF MEMS switches:
- Higher, proven reliability
- Lower cost, less complex packaging
Radant MEMS offers customers:
- Established fabrication and manufacturing scalability
- Industry-leading expertise
Proof-of-Concept: Passive Microwave Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA)
Electronic Steerable Antenna “ESA” replacing PIN Diodes with 35,000
RF-MEMS Switches for Radant Technologies Inc.
AFRL Contract to RTI attributes are:
- Increased Gain and Bandwidth
- Decreased Weight and Prime-Power Consumptions
Radant MEMS RF Switches Meet Application Requirements
Better than E-M Relay or Solid State Alternatives
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Application
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Requirements
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E-M Relay
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Solid State
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Radant RF MEMS
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Telecom
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Low cost
Small size
Low power consumption
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X
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X
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X
X
X
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Industrial/Automation
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Low cost
Small size
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X
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X
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X
X
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PC Peripherals
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Switch speed
Low power
Small size
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X
X
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X
X
X
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Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
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Low cost
High bandwidth
Small area
Lifetime
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X
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X
X
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X
X
X
X
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Medical/Instruments
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Low cost
High bandwidth
Switch speed
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X
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X
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X
X
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Military/Aerospace
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Lifetime
Small size
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X
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X
X
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• Overview
• Operation
• Performance
• Fabrication Process
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