9^th ESA ROUND TABLE ON MICRO AND NANO TECHNOLOGIES FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS
Swiss Tech Convention Center | Lausanne, Switzerland | 10-13 June 2014

Session 11

RF-MEMS II

High-Power High Contact Force MEMS Relays with Low Environmental Sensitivity for Space Application

B. Ma¹, G. Zhang¹, Y. Ruan¹, Z. You¹.

¹ Tsinghua University.

Ultra Compact 12x12 Switch Matrix integrating RF MEMS Switches in LTCC Hermetic Packages

F Vitulli¹, F. Diaferia¹, S. Di Nardo¹, B. Espana², P. Farinelli³, R. Marcelli⁴, B. Margesin⁵, L. Vietzorreck⁶.

¹Thales Alenia Space Italia, ²Thales Alenia Space France, ³Università di Perugia, ⁴Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ⁵FBK – Trento, ⁶Technische Universitat Munchen.

Reliability Assessment Methodologies for RF-MEMS

Emilien Lemoine¹, Pierre Blondy¹.

¹University of Limoges.

Mechanical and dielectric reliability of RF MEMS capacitive switch

R. Houlihan¹, R. Duane¹, C. Ryan,  Tyndall National Institute¹, C. O’Mahony¹, Z. Olszewski¹.

¹Tyndall National Institute.

Physics of Failure Based Lifetime Estimation of MEMS Devices: The RF MEMS Switches Case Study

J. Dhennin¹, F. Coccetti¹, F. Courtade², O. Vendier³.

¹FIALAB, ²CNES, ³Thales Alenia Space.