RF MEMS for Silicon: Find Permittivity, Permeability & Conductivity

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Information on the permittivity, permeability, and conductivity of silicon, silicon nitride, and aluminum can be found in various online resources, including specialized databases and the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. The properties of these materials vary with frequency, and factors such as microstructure, purity, and temperature significantly influence their electrical characteristics, especially for RF applications. For RF MEMS switches, the dielectric material's properties are crucial, and the conductivity of silicon is highly dependent on its doping and purity. Additionally, there are inquiries about obtaining license files for Intellisuite software and resources for RF MEMS capacitive shunt switches. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding material properties for effective RF MEMS design and application.
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Hello, can any tell website where i can find Permittivity,Permeability and conductivity(or resistivity) of silicon, silicon nitride and aluminum.thanks
and also if anyone has worked in ELECTROMAGNETIC module of Intellisite (version 8.1)for RF MEMS Switches please do tell me i need some guide line.
 
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The relative permeability of most materials that do not
contain any ferromagnetic atoms is very close to 1.0,
and the RF permeability is generally less than the DC value
for most materials. All of the materials you mentioned are
non-magnetic so the permeability will be about the same
and very close to 1.0 relative.

You say this is for *RF* MEMS; you will find with many
materials that the properties of Permittivity, Permeability,
and Conductivity vary with frequency, as well as with the
particular microstructure of the material.

Therefore values of those parameters specified at a
given frequency may not be as accurate as necessary at
a different frequency of interest. Often one can find the
values for DC, low frequencies in the 10-100kHz or 1MHz
range, then perhaps values taken at 1GHz and perhaps at
optical frequencies.

You may have to interpolate various data tables to estimate
the values at your particular frequencies.

Also for RF frqeuencies especially those in excess of
several hundred MHz, you'll find that parameters such
as the following can effect the conductivity and permittivity
-- the material's crystal / grain structure, porosity, purity,
surface roughness, substrate or overcoat layer effects, et.
al.

Aluminium, speficically, comes in many alloys and those
influence its nanostructure and microwave conductivity
somewhat, though in general the materials used for
high speed IC foundty applications may be expected to
yield relatively smooth metallized layers with relatively
good conductivity. Check various four-point-probe
measurements of various thicknesses of wafer
Aluminization layers for resistivity information beyond
what is available in the tables below if that's relevant to you.

Check the following sources for some parameters:
http://www.memsnet.org/material/
http://webelements.com/
The "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics".
et. al.
 
P.S. the conductivity for silicon is hugely dependent
on doping and purity, which is why silicon semiconductors
work as circuit elements. Intrinsic undoped very pure
silicon has fairly little conductivity at low to moderate
temperatures. Once you inject some free charge carriers
into it and temperature or excitation or doping lowers the
band-gap then it can be quite conductive. The range of
conductivity is easily thousands to one depending on the
material processing.
 
Thanks a lot Xez for such a detailed reply.It will of gr8 help 2 me.Also if u have any other important info in the field of RF MEMS Switches please do share it with me e.g important properties required for dielectric material to be used in RF MEMS Switches
 
hi can anyone tell me whether it is possible to get the license file alone of intellisuite 8.53 version in net. if so please help me to get that crack file. i got the software from my friend but the license file is expired already.Even it will be good if i get the software for other versions which i can download. Also help me to get some materials for RF MEMS Capacitive Shunt switch since iam doing a project on it.
 
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please tell me the difference between a mems switch and a mems filter
 
Can anyone send me a program for rf mems filters in either in MATLAB or c...
 
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