MEMS Enabled Signal Source For Wireless Communication Systems

The application of RF MEMS (radio frequency micro electro Mechanical system) is on the verge of revolutionized wireless communications. RF MEMS offers a class of new devices and components that exhibit superior RF performance relative to conventional semiconductor devices, and also electronically reconfigurable. The current diversities of available services comes up with the necessity of multi-standards trans receiver operating in several frequency bands, therefore, present paper describes the overview of the RF MEMS based components and approach for configurable signal source (VCO) and antennas for third and later generation of wireless communication systems.