• Electrothermally actuated RF MEMS switches suspended on a low-resistivity substrate 

      Girbau Sala, David; Pradell i Cara, Lluís; Lázaro Guillén, Antoni; Nebot Serra, Àlvar (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2007-10-31)
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      This paper presents an electrothermally actuated lateral resistive-contact switch for application to low-gigahertz-band communication systems. It was manufactured on a standard low-resistivity substrate, and its RF performance ...
    • Nonlinear actuation model for lateral electrostatically-actuated DC-contact RF MEMS series switches. 

      Lázaro Guillén, Antoni; Girbau Sala, David; Pradell i Cara, Lluís; Nebot Serra, Àlvar (JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 2007-06-01)
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      In this work, a nonlinear model to predict actuation characteristics in lateral electrostatically-actuated DC-contact MEMS switches is proposed. In this case a parallel-plate approximation cannot be applied. The model ...