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Title: Obstacles to the commercialization of RF MEMS

Author: Walsh, Steven T Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: MICRO/NANO, v9 n2 p14(1) Publication Date: Feb 2004
  ISSN: 1099-7741

Some obstacles need to be vaulted in meeting the challenges of the radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS) market. Topics are barriers to commercialization; the projected market for RF MEMS; activities that can move RF MEMS from the lab to consumer and industrial products. To get RF MEMS devices (which are used when lower power consumption needs are paramount) into more products, barriers to be bested include replacements for RF MEMS; too-high cost; lack of demonstrable reliability over a long period or over many repetitions; the need for RF MEMS to know the underlying failure mechanisms for the MEMS designer or manufacturer; switching performance; a need for better RF MEMS capacity in handling needs for meeting many commercial requirements; the need to test new materials (which might reduce cost, increase reliability, and raise switching sensor compatibility, and resolve packaging problems; unavailability tools made specifically for RF MEMS component development; and the need to redesign subsystems to reduce manufacturing costs. RF MEMS are good, but activity-based accounting (ABC) should work better than current accounting practices for RF MEMS applications.

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