Circuit Modeling of a MEMS Varactor Including Dielectric Charging Dynamics

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作者
Giounanlis, P. [1 ]
Andrade-Miceli, D. [1 ]
Gorreta, S. [2 ]
Pons-Nin, J. [2 ]
Dominguez-Pumar, M. [2 ]
Blokhina, E. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Coll Dublin, Sch Elect Elect & Commun Engn, Dublin, Ireland
[2] Tech Univ Catalonia, Micro & Nano Technol Grp, Elect Engn Dept, Barcelona, Spain
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10.1088/1742-6596/757/1/012012
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TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
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Electrical models for MEMS varactors including the effect of dielectric charging dynamics are not available in commercial circuit simulators. In this paper a circuit model using lumped ideal elements available in the Cadence libraries and a basic Verilog-A model, has been implemented. The model has been used to simulate the dielectric charging in function of time and its effects over the MEMS capacitance value.
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