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—A novel structure for the capacitive micromachined switches with low actuation voltage is proposed. In this structure both contact plates of the switch are designed as displaceable membranes. Two structures with similar dimensions and conditions, differing on only the number,of the displaceable beams,are analytically investigated as well as simulated using ANSYS software. The obtained results indicate about 30% reduction in actuation voltage from the conventional single beam,to our proposed double beam,structure. The stress on the beam due to the actuation voltage is also reduced increasing the switching life time. The dynamic simulation results in switching time of 6.5 µsec compared to the 8.9 µsec of the analytical results. It can be implemented,by the well established surface micromachining for RF applications.

A LOW VOLTAGE MEMS STRUCTURE FOR RF CAPACITIVE SWITCHES