US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Design and Implementaion of RF MEMS Components for Wireless Application

描述：该奖项旨在支持俄亥俄州哥伦布市俄亥俄州立大学电气工程系Mohammed I. El-Naggar博士和埃及开罗电子研究所Hamed El-Simary博士之间的合作项目。两位研究者将集中研究微机电系统（MEMS）及其接口电路。他们的目标是集成MEMS技术允许的无源元件，在芯片上实现集成射频系统，包括在同一芯片上集成传感器和电子电路。该项目的各种工作包的可交付成果将在射频电路领域得到应用，这对于工业用途非常重要。MEMS技术允许在微米尺度上制造复杂的机械形状，并且它允许生产电容传感器，用于振荡器，混频器和滤波器的高q（质量因子）谐振结构。它还允许为高频调谐振荡器制造可变电容器和悬浮电感。美国PI拥有开发此类设备的设施和专业知识。该项目将包括埃及团队的设计活动和美国团队的制造和测试。它将促进技术诀窍向埃及转移，也将促进知识转移到美国。两个团队已经在这方面做了一些工作。期望工业界参与评估部件的改进程度。该项目将涉及一名美国研究生以及埃及和美国调查人员的互访。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金项目的支持，该项目向两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以开展这些合作活动。

0220352ElnaggarDescription: This award is to support a collaborative project between Dr. Mohammed I. El-Naggar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and Dr. Hamed El-Simary, Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt. The two investigators will focus their research on the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and their interface circuit. They aim to integrate passive components permitted by MEMS technology to implement an integrated RF system on a chip, including the integration of sensors and the electronics circuits on the same chip. The deliverables from the various work-packages of this project will have an application in the area of RF circuits, which is important for industrial purposes. Scope: MEMS technology permits the fabrication of complex mechanical shapes on a micron scale, and it allows production of capacitive sensors, high-Q (Quality factor) resonant structures for oscillators, mixers, and filters. It also allows fabrication of variable capacitors and suspended inductor for high frequency tuned oscillators. The US PI has the facilities and expertise to develop such devices. The project will involve design activities by the Egyptian team and fabrication and testing by the U.S. team. It will facilitate transfer of technical know-how to Egypt and also intellectual transfer to the U.S. The two teams have already done some work in this area. Participation by industry is expected in assessing the degree of improvement of components. The project will involve one U.S. graduate student and exchanges of visits by the Egyptian and the U.S. investigators. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.