Inkjet-Printed Flexible MEMS Switches for Phased-Array Antennas

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Name</td><td class="align_center">Specifications</td><td class="align_center">Properties/current limits</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Riston® (DuPont)</td><td class="align_center">Dry film</td><td class="align_center">A “general purpose” dry film for acid and alkaline etch up to 15 <i>μ</i>m</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Kapton (DuPont)</td><td class="align_center">Dry film</td><td class="align_center">A “general purpose” dry film for printing with all types of nanoparticle ink (Ag, Au, and CNT)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NovaCentrix Novela® (NOVELA Advance Microsystem)</td><td class="align_center">One-sided dry film</td><td class="align_center">Substrate thickness: 10–25 <i>μ</i>m<br/>Minimum track width and spacing: 10 <i>μ</i>m<br/>Minimum dielectric layer thickness: 1.8 <i>μ</i>m</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Commercially available polymers for printed electronics.</div>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Table 1: Inkjet-Printed Flexible MEMS Switches for Phased-Array Antennas 