Course | Postgraduate |
Semester | Electives |
Subject Code | AVR861 |
Subject Title | RF IC and Microwave MEMS |
Intro to MMIC, Processing & Layers, Passive MMIC Elements & Models, Active MMIC Elements & Models Biasing, Amplifiers.
Introduction to MMICs. Technologies: GaAs/Si/InP: MESFET HEMT BJT HBT. Applications, Circuit basics. Fabrication Technology. MMIC components, Active devices, Passive lumped elements, Microstrip elements.
Introduction: RF MEMS for microwave applications, MEMS technology and fabrication, mechanical modelling of MEMS devices, MEMS materials and fabrication techniques.
MEMS Switches: Introduction to MEMS switches; Capacitive shunt and series switches: Physical description, circuit model and electromagnetic modelling; Techniques of MEMS switch fabrication and packaging; Design of MEMS switches.
MEMS Switches: Introduction to MEMS switches; Capacitive shunt and series switches: Physical description, circuit model and electromagnetic modelling; Techniques of MEMS switch fabrication and packaging; Design of MEMS switches.
RF Filters and Phase Shifters: Modeling of mechanical filters, micromachined filters, surface acoustic wave filters, micromachined filters for millimeter wave frequencies; Various types of MEMS phase shifters; Ferroelectric phase shifters.
Transmission Lines and Antennas: Micromachined transmission lines, losses in transmission lines, coplanar transmission lines, micromachined waveguide components; Micromachined antennas: Micromachining techniques to improve antenna performance, reconfigurable antennas.
Integration and Packaging: Role of MEMS packages, types of MEMS packages, module packaging, packaging materials and reliability issues.