caa a22 4500 467884374 CHVBK 20180406152729.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10948-006-0125-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10948-006-0125-3 Microwave High T C Superconductor MEM Switch-Based Circuits-the Current State-of-the-Art-Design and Performance Considerations [Elektronische Daten] [G. Larkins Jr., Yu. Vlasov, Y. Hijazi, M. Brzhezinskaya] A summary of the current state of the art in MEM switches using high T C superconducting transmission line elements is presented. The most significant advantages of the MEM technology are the low mass and volume of the implemented devices. On the other hand one of the principal drawbacks of the room temperature MEM rf-switches are their losses. These are primarily resistive losses in the waveguide structure and contacts and are large due to the dimensions required (on the order of 100 μm wide by 3μm thick). This places serious limitations on their use in noise loss sensitive applications. The use of superconductors for the waveguide elements in MEM switches can reduce these losses very significantly (several orders of magnitude are not unusual in devices with identical dimensions). Adding a high dielectric constant insulator to the switch can also help shrink the necessary dimensions or extend the low frequency response of the switch. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 Larkins Jr. G. FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut Vlasov Yu FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut Hijazi Y. FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut Brzhezinskaya M. FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/7-8(2006-11-01), 599-609 1557-1939 19:7-8<599 2006 19 10948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-006-0125-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-006-0125-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Larkins Jr G. FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vlasov Yu FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hijazi Y. FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brzhezinskaya M. FAST Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/7-8(2006-11-01), 599-609 1557-1939 19:7-8<599 2006 19 10948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer