The development of RF MEMS switches
has accelerated considerably over the past several years, and
currently there are several switches which have been tested to
50-100 billion cycles with no failures. However, it is still hard
to package these devices, and fundamental questions regarding
the need of a hermetic package and the failure modes of RF MEMS
switches under high power conditions are not well understood.
The talk will present the latest work in high isolation switch
networks, phase shifters and tunable filters. It will also present
detailed modeling on the intermodulation distortion of MEMS devices
and how they are 40-50 dB better than GaAs devices. The talk will
conclude with the latest research areas in RF MEMS switches, varactors
and tunable networks.
Gabriel M. Rebeiz (Fellow, IEEE)
earned his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and is currently a professor
of electrical engineering and computer science at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests include applying
micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) for the development of
novel components and sub-systems for radars and communication
systems. He is also interested in SiGe RFIC design for receiver
applications, and in the development of planar antennas and microwave/millimeter-wave
front-end electronics for communication systems, automotive collision-avoidance
sensors, and X- to W-band phased arrays.
Prof. Rebeiz was the recipient of
the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator
Award in April 1991 and the URSI International Isaac Koga Gold
Medal Award for Outstanding International Research in August 1993.
Prof. Rebeiz was selected as the 1997-1998 Eta-Kappa-Nu EECS Professor
of the Year. He also received the 1998 Amoco Foundation Teaching
Award, given yearly to one faculty at the University of Michigan,
for best undergraduate teaching. Prof. Rebeiz is the co-recipient
with his student Scott Barker, of the IEEE 2000 Microwave Prize,
and the IEEE MTT 2003 Outstanding Young Engineer Award.
Place
Devry DuPage
Addison, Illinois
Time
Social ............................................. 7:00 PM
Presentation .................................... 7:30 PM
