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With the advent of modern 4th-generation (4G) smartphones, adaptive impedance tuners
were the first successful example of exploitation of RF-MEMS technology in the consumer
market. The roll-out of the 5th-generation (5G) of mobile communications and services
predicted an increased demand in data volume by a factor of 1000, as well as reduced End
to End (E2E) latency, Massive Machine Communication (MMC) and operation in the
millimetre wave range. RF-MEMS technology promised to be a key enabling solution for
5G, and 5G was the killer application scenario for uptake of RF-MEMS in the mass-market landscape and offered a vast opportunity for RF-MEMS technology. This book outlines the
intrinsic properties of RF-MEMS technology with a specific focus on 5G mobile
communications and services, and looks ahead to the needs and applications for 6G services currently being developed; China has already launched test 6G enabled satellites.
Commencing with a review of the characteristics of RF-MEMS in relation to the
specifications needed for 5G and 6G, the book proceeds to develop practical insight
concerning the design and development of RF-MEMS including case studies of design
concepts. The purpose of this eBook is to frame the overlap between the demands
imposed by 5G applications and potential for 6G technology, and the way RF passives realised in RF-MEMS technology can meet them. The approach will be rather practical, and
based on the comparison of reasonable specifications vs. the characteristics achieved by
physical samples of RF-MEMS components and complex networks. Including a review of market and case studies on commercial developments and failures. A new
extensive chapter has been added devoted to simulation and modelling techniques and
data. This update of a unique review is timely and will find a wider readership as it crosses
into the translational aspects of applied research in the subject and be essential reading
for both academic and industrial researchers and engineers.
