Sökning: "Joachim Oberhammer"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden Joachim Oberhammer.
1. Novel RF MEMS Switch and Packaging Concepts
Sammanfattning : Radio-frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF~MEMS) are highly miniaturized devices intended to switch, modulate, filter or tune electrical signals from DC to microwave frequencies. The micromachining techniques used to fabricate these components are based on the standard clean-room manufacturing processes for high-volume integrated semiconductor circuits. LÄS MER
2. Waveguide-Integrated MEMS Concepts for Tunable Millimeter-Wave Systems
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents two families of novel waveguide-integrated components based on millimeter-wave microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for reconfigurable systems. The first group comprises V-band (50–75 GHz) and W-band (75–110 GHz) waveguide switches and switchable irises, and their application as switchable cavity resonators, and tunable bandpass filters implemented by integration of novel MEMS-reconfigurable surfaces into a rectangular waveguide. LÄS MER
3. Silicon micromachined waveguide components for terahertz systems
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents silicon micromachined waveguide components for sub-terahertz and terahertz (THz) systems fabricated by deep reactive ion etching (DRIE). Historically the main driving force for the development of THz systems has been space-based scientific instruments for astrophysics, planetary and Earth science missions. LÄS MER
4. Exploiting the Terahertz Spectrum with Silicon Micromachining : Waveguide Components, Systems and Metrology
Sammanfattning : The terahertz spectrum (300 GHz - 3 THz) represents the final frontier for modern electronic and optical systems, wherein few low-cost, volume-manufacturable solutions exist. THz frequencies are of great scientific and commercial interest, with applications as diverse as radio astronomy, sensing and imaging and wireless communications. LÄS MER
5. On millimeter and submillimeter wave focal plane arrays implemented with MEMS waveguide switches
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents research towards enabling micromachined millimeter and submillimeter wave focal plane arrays (FPAs). The FPAs operate under the following principle: a switch network consisting of microelectromechanical (MEMS) switches, integrated with micromachined waveguides, is used to feed an array of antenna elements, located in the focal plane of a high-gain quasi-optical system. LÄS MER