Jacopo Iannacci

RF-MEMS Technology for High-Performance Passives (eBook, ePUB)

The challenge of 5G mobile applications

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

RF-MEMS, or MEMS with radio-frequency functionality, were originally developed in the 1990s. Their characteristics in terms of low loss, high isolation and wide tunability were outstanding when compared both to standard RF/microwave components and to semiconductors. Such remarkable performance led many to expect a large adoption of RF-MEMS components in mass-market applications, especially mobile devices and handsets. This revolution was ultimately not realised. However, over the last few years, RF-MEMS have started to make their way into the market landscape, thanks to a need that other technologies were unable to address as effectively.

With the advent of modern 4th-generation (4G) smartphones, adaptive impedance tuners are now the first successful example of exploitation of RF-MEMS technology in the consumer market, and ahead of us lies the 5th-generation (5G) of mobile communications and services. 5G will demand an increase in data volume by a factor of 1000, as well as reduced End to End (E2E) latency, Massive Machine Communication (MMC) and operation in the millimetre wave range. RF-MEMS technology promises to be a key enabling solution for 5G. Indeed, 5G could be the killer application scenario for massive uptake of RF-MEMS in the mass-market landscape and offers a vast opportunity for RF-MEMS technology.

This book outlines the intrinsic potential of RF-MEMS technology with a specific focus on 5G mobile communications and services. Commencing with a review of the characteristics of RF-MEMS in relation to the specifications of interest for 5G, the book proceeds to develop practical insight concerning the design and development of RF-MEMS including case studies of design concepts. Including multiphysics simulation and animations, the book will be essential reading for both academic and industrial researchers and engineers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750315456
• Artikelnr.: 56828981

Autorenporträt

See revised: Jacopo Iannacci is Researcher in MEMS technology with the Center for Materials and Microsystems (CMM) at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento, Italy, since 2007. His scientific focuses are on (compact) modelling, design, optimisation, integration, packaging and testing for reliability of RF-MEMS (Radio Frequency MicroElectroMechanical Systems) passive devices/networks, EH-MEMS (Energy Harvesting MEMS), as well as SA-MEMS (MEMS Sensors and Actuators).
Jacopo Iannacci has authored and co-authored numerous scientific contributions for international journals and conference proceedings, as well as books and several book chapters in the field of MEMS and RF-MEMS technology.