WiSpry Launches MEMS Tunable Capacitors

Nov. 8, 2007

Fabless semiconductor company WiSpry, Inc. has announced a family of tunable digital capacitors based on microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) technology. Fabricated on standard 200-mm CMOS wafers, the circuits integrate low-power CMOS control and voltage geneation logic with an array of tunable RF MEMS digital capacitors to provide a linear, digitally programmable variable capacitance device. They are suitable for a variety of potential applications, including for antenna tuning, impedance matching, amplifier tuing, and programmable RF filters. For more information, visit the WiSpry site at: http://www.wispry.com

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.