A novel tunable water-based RF MEMS solenoid inductor

Banitorfian, Fatemeh; Eshghabadi, Farshad; Manaf, Asrulnizam Abd; Pons, Patrick; Noh, Norlaili Mohd; Mustaffa, Mohd Tafir; Sidek, Othman

doi:10.1109/rsm.2013.6706472

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“…In Table 2, the performance of the proposed TBIs are com- pared with others [13][14][15][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] in terms of primary inductance, size, tuning range, Q-factor, and action voltage. Due to the narrow tuning range characteristics below 233 and the need for voltage above 7 V or special operating signals, the tunable inductors [14,15,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26] using MEMS actuators have limitations for general product applications. In Park et al [13], a multi-layer stacked inductor switched by MOSFETs is reported.…”

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Digitally-Controlled Bondwire Inductor with High Quality Factor and Wide Tuning Range

Lee

2020

J Electromagn Eng Sci

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A tunable bondwire inductor (TBI) with high-quality factor and wide tuning range is presented. The proposed TBI is fabricated on a single chip by combining a single-pole four-throw (SP4T) switch integrated circuit (IC) and four bondwire inductors on a package substrate. The SP4T switch IC is fabricated using 180 nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The fabricated TBI chip exhibits a 521% tuning range of inductance from 1.77 to 11 nH at 0.1 GHz and a relatively high-quality factor. To the knowledge of the authors, the results of this work demonstrate the best combined performance of inductance tuning range and quality factor.

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Digitally-Controlled Bondwire Inductor with High Quality Factor and Wide Tuning Range

Lee

2020

J Electromagn Eng Sci

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“…The primary drawback of this design, though, is that it is not as common in power electronic applications because of the low inductance values that can be acquired with it, making it impractical for high-power applications. However, this approach could be promising in the future as a result of advancements in MEMS technology [84]. All of the techniques that have been covered thus far fall into the category of current-driven or current-controlled variable inductors, where the inductance value was adjusted online using a DC bias current.…”

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A Review of Tunable Inductors for Power Electronics: Techniques and Applications

Azim

2024

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“…We have focalized our study on the behavior of a 6 turns coil inductor incorporating 3-turns microfluidic channels partially or totally filled with liquids [11][12][13][14].…”

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Design and optimization of a microfluidic-based inductor used as a multifunction-sensor

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Boussetta²,

Kallala³

et al. 2022

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A planar miniaturized inductor has been designed in order to realize some transduction functions linked to the presence of fluids. Its electrical behavior has been studied for two liquids: Galinstan (an alloy of GALium INdium STANum) and salted water. Their presence between metallic armatures modifies the inductance value at a nominal frequency, chosen at 2GHz. By using a FEM software, the spatial distributions of magnetic field and surface current density in the entire device have been modelized for six arbitrary positions of these liquids in inductor microchannels. The geometrical aspects of the device have been studied and their influence examined for each liquid. We show that the inductor performances are influenced by the spiral width variations and the inter-turn distances of the coil. Considering the device as a sensor, we have evaluated the variations of two parameters: inductance and quality factors, which can respectively attain 664% (for Galinstan) and 175% (for salted water) from their nominal values.

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A novel tunable water-based RF MEMS solenoid inductor

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Digitally-Controlled Bondwire Inductor with High Quality Factor and Wide Tuning Range

Digitally-Controlled Bondwire Inductor with High Quality Factor and Wide Tuning Range

A Review of Tunable Inductors for Power Electronics: Techniques and Applications

Design and optimization of a microfluidic-based inductor used as a multifunction-sensor

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