Advanced RF MEMS

Edited by Stepan Lucyszyn

Radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS) can offer superior RF performance over more conventional solid-state electronic devices and can help to implement advancements within a broad range of applications, from ubiquitous smart sensor networks to mobile handsets. Moreover, they can substantially reduce the size, weight and cost of reconfigurable subsystems, making this an important enabling technology for the 21st century. Advanced RF MEMS is an up-to-date guide to the theory and applications of these devices. With detailed information about RF MEMS technology as well as its reliability and applications, this is a comprehensive resource for professionals, researchers and students alike.


The book reviews RF MEMS technologies and illustrates new techniques that solve long-standing problems associated with reliability and packaging. It also provides the information needed to incorporate RF MEMS into commercial products, describes current and future trends in RF MEMS and provides a perspective on industry growth. The book is well suited for those studying or working in RF and microwave circuits, systems, micro-fabrication and manufacturing, production management and metrology and performance evaluation.

The book has contributions from many well known experts in the field so it provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, including future trends. Using materials from all these sources, Steve Lucyszyn does a nice job of presenting the content in a coherent manner. Although the content is global, it is primarily European as the book is a bi-product of a Network of Excellence, called Advanced MEMS for RF and Millimeter-Wave Communications (AMICOM) funded by the EU with all the contributing authors being associated with the network. It is a recommended book for academics and practicing engineers.

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415 pages; $120
ISBN: 978-0-52189-771-6