NUVOTRONICS HAS DEVELOPED AND OPTIMIZED THE POLYSTRATATM PROCESS FOR THE FABRICATION OF INTRICATE MICROWAVE…

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NUVOTRONICS HAS DEVELOPED AND OPTIMIZED THE POLYSTRATATM PROCESS FOR THE FABRICATION OF INTRICATE MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE DEVICES. THESE DEVICES HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN RECTANGULAR COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINES, ALTHOUGH RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDE AND OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE ALSO BEEN DEMONSTRATED. INTRICATE DEVICES HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED WITH INSERTION LOSS 5 TO 10 TIMES LOWER THAN TRADITIONAL PLANAR CIRCUITS; ISOLATION BETTER THAN 60DB FOR LINES THAT SHARE SEPARATING WALLS; MULTIPLE LEVELS OF DENSELY-PACKED COAXIAL CIRCUITS; AND LOW-PARASITIC ATTACHMENT TO ACTIVE DEVICES AND TRADITIONAL CIRCUIT BOARDS. IN THIS PHASE I PROJECT, NUVOTRONICS WILL DESEIGN MICROFABRICATED MEMS-BASED SWITCHES ON THE POLYSTRATA PLATFORM. NUVOTRONICS WILL EXPLORE WHETHER PIEZOELECTRIC-BASED OR MAGNETIC-BASED ACTUATION PROVIDES THE BEST PERFORMANCE FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE RADIOMETRY APPLICATIONS. THE DEVICES WILL HAVE SIZE AND COST ADVANTAGES, HIGHER POWER HANDLING CAPABILITY, AND LOWER LOSS THAN ACHIEVABLE WITH THE COMMONLY AVAILABLE WAFER-BASED SWITCHES OF TODAY.