Abstract

In today’s world one of the major concerns for the electronics engineers and scientists is how to reduce the power consumption of the electronics devices. To overcome this problem we come across different technologies. Radio Frequency (RF) Microelectromechanical (MEMS) switches are one of the leading technologies for past two decades. But the main concern with RF MEMS switches is its high actuation voltage and high switching time. This paper generally concentrates on the simulation of RF MEMS contact switch having Y-shaped cantilever beam to obtain low actuation voltage with less switching time. The simulation and results are obtained by the Intellisuite 8.7v software. The actuation voltage depends on the air gap, Young’s modulus, thickness of the beam etc. The “pull-in” voltage is found to be 1.2 V and the switching time is about 52.3 µs.

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