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| 08:00 - 09:00 Registration
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| 09:00 - 09:20 Opening Ceremony
 | TuMP Room: Auditorium
 Chair: to be confirmed
 
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| 09:20 - 11:00 |  
| Fabrication,integration and packaging | TuM1 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Robert Plana
 
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| (INVITED) RF-MEMS Technology Platforms in Europe H. Tilmans
 
 Mechanical and Electrical Characterization of Benzocyclobutene Membrane Packaging
 S. Seok, N. Rolland, P.A. Rolland
 
 Co-integration of Highly Tunable MEMS Capacitor and High Quality Factor AlSi Inductors
 A. Mehdaoui, C. Fillit, D. Tsamados, R.Y. Fillit, C. Billard, P. Ancey, A.M. Ionescu
 
 GaAs Membrane-supported 60 GHz Receiver with Yagi-Uda Antenna
 D Neculoiu, G Konstantinidis, T Vähä-Heikkilä, A Müller, D Vasilache, A Stavinidris, L Bary, M Dragoman, I Petrini, C Buiculescu, Z Hazoupulos, N Kornilios, P Pursula, R Plana, D Dascalu
 
 
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| 11:00 - 11:20 Coffee-break
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| 11:20 - 13:00 |  
| MEMS switch and switch applications | TuM2 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Flavio Giacomozzi
 CoChair: Alexandru Muller
 
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| Deep-reactive-ion-etched 3D Transmission Lines with Integrated Mechanically Multi-stable SPST and SPDT RF MEMS Switches M. Sterner, N. Roxhed, G. Stemme, J. Oberhammer
 
 RF-MEMS Switch for W-Band Applications.
 A. Stehle, V. Ziegler, B. Schönlinner, U. Prechtel, H. Seidel, U. Schmid
 
 RF MEMS Matrices for Space Applications
 S. Catoni, S.  Di Nardo, P. Farinelli, F. Giacomozzi, G. Mannocchi, R. Marcelli, B. Margesin, P. Mezzanotte, V. Mulloni, D. Pochesci, R. Sorrentino, F. Vitulli, L. Vietzorreck
 
 An Improved Reliability Switching Network Design based on DC Contact MEMS Switches dedicated to Swithing Matrix Applications
 M. El Khatib, A. Pothier, A. Crunteanu, O. Vendier, J.L. Cazaux, P. Blondy
 
 A Novel Structure of RF MEMS Capacitive Series Switch for Avoiding Power Induced Stiction
 JD Martinez, P Blondy, A Pothier, D Bouyge, A Crunteanu, M Chatras
 
 
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| 13:00 - 14:20 Lunch
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| 14:20 - 15:20 |  
| BAW,FBAR and applications | TuA1 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Harrie Tilmans
 
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| (INVITED) BAW Technologies: Overview for Wireless Communication Systems and Potential Impact on the Next RF Architectures E. Kerherve, A. Shirakawa, A. Volatier, P. Ancey
 
 FBAR Overtone–based Oscillators using 90 nm CMOS
 M. ElBarkouky, P. Wambacq, Y. Rolain
 
 
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| 15:20 - 16:20 |  
| Interactive poster Session (I) | TuA2 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: David Girbau
 
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| MEMS Reconfigurable Inset-Fed Patch Antenna Inherently Matched Over a Wide Frequency Range P. Arcioni, L. Perregrini, G. Conciauro
 
 Pyramidal Circularly Polarized Antenna with RF-MEMS Switches for Frequency Flexibility
 S. Hebib, H. Aubert, O. Pascal, N. J.G. Fonseca, L. Ries, J.M. E.López
 
 Design and Realization of a MEMS-tuned Reflectarray on LTCC Substrate
 J. Perruisseau-Carrier, H. Legay, J. Lenkkeri, J-P. Polizzi, E. Jung, A.K. Skrivervik
 
 MEMS Reconfigurable Patch Antenna Analysis Using WIPL-D
 C. Medeiros, J. Costa, C. Fernandes, B. Kolundzija
 
 A Dual-Gap Tunable RF MEMS Capacitor for Reflectarray Applications
 G.  Lissorgues, F. Flourens, A. Phommahaxay, F.  Marty, L. Rousseau, C. Papon, P. Nicole, T. Dousset
 
 Modified Ladder-type BAW Filter for an Out-of-band Rejection Improvement
 J. Verdú, O. Menéndez, P.  de Paco
 
 Integrated Transformers for RF Applications. Analysis of the Width of Tracks
 Y. Sanchez, A. Beriain, I. Cendoya, I. Sancho, J. Melendez, I. Gutierrez
 
 Design and Characterization of a Bulk-acoustic-resonator (FBAR)
 H. Campanella, A. Uranga, P. Nouet, N. Barniol, L. Terés, J. Esteve
 
 Epitaxial AlN Thin Films for RF Applications
 J.C. Moreno, F. Semond, E. Frayssinet, J. Massies, R. Vélard, X. Gagnard
 
 Planar Spiral Inductors with MEMS Technology
 E.U. Temocin, H.I. Atasoy, M. Unlu, K. Topalli, I. Istanbulluoglu, O. Bayraktar, S. Demir, O.A. Civi, S. Koc, T. Akin
 
 Microfabrication of High Frequency Coaxial Cable using SU8 Photoresist
 ML Ke, Y Wang, JF Zhou, K Jiang, MJ Lancaster
 
 Dimensioning of Electromagnetic Couplers for 0-level Packaged Microwave Power Limiters based on Electron Emitter Array
 A. Phommahaxay, G. Lissorgues, L. Rousseau, T. Bourouina, P. Nicole
 
 
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| 16:00 - 16:20 Coffee-break
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| 16:20 - 18:20 |  
| MEMS reconfigurable antennas | TuA3 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Anders Rydberg
 CoChair: Luis Jofre
 
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| (INVITED) MEMS Reconfigurable Antennas A. Skrivervik, J. Perruisseau-Carrier
 
 (INVITED)Towards Multifunctional MEMS-pixeled Antennas
 F. De Flaviis, A. Grau, M. Lee, C.W. Jung, J. Romeu, G.P. Li, L. Jofre
 
 Design and Realization of a MEMS Tuneable Reflectarray for Mm-wave Imaging Application
 B. Mencagli, P. Farinelli, L. Marcaccioli, R. Vincenti Gatti, B. Margesin, F. Giacomozzi, R. Sorrentino
 
 Monolithically Integrated MEMS Phased Array
 K. Topalli, O. Aydin Civi, S. Demir, S. Koc, T. Akin
 
 
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| 20:00 - 22:00 Memswave Conference Social Dinner
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 |  | Wednesday, June 27th
 
 
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| 09:00 - 10:20 |  
| MEMS resonators | WeM1 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Volker Ziegler
 
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| Vibrating RF MEMS - Oscillators and Beyond J.R. Clark, W. Hsu
 
 RF NEMS- Carbon-Nanotube Based Nanoelectromechanical Systems for Microwave and Millimeter Wave Applications
 M Dragoman, A  Cismaru, A.A Muller, D Dragoman, H Hartnagel, R Plana
 
 Tuning Beam Electromechanical Resonators
 F. Casset, C. Durand, P. Ancey, M.  Aïd, L. Buchaillot
 
 Towards a Tunable VHF Fully Integrated MEMS- MIXLER
 A. Uranga, J. Verd, J.L López, J. Teva, G. Abadal, F. Torres, J. Esteve, F. Pérez-Murano, N. Barniol
 
 
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| 10:20 - 10:40 Coffee-break
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| 10:40 - 12:00 |  
| MEMS reconfigurable circuits (I).Focused on filters | WeM2 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Roberto Sorrentino
 CoChair: Fabio Coccetti
 
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| Design of a 2-Pole Digitally Tunable RF MEMS Filter Based on a Hybrid Simulation Approach M. Houssini, A. Pothier, p. Blondy, A. Crunteanu, P. Tristant
 
 Tunable Bandstop MEMS Filters for Ka and V-band Applications
 A. Takacs, D. Neculoiu, D. Vasilache, A.  Muller, P. Pons, L. Bary, P. Calmon, R.  Plana, H. Aubert
 
 Novell Micromachined Lumped Element Bandpass Filter with an Additional Zero in the Bandstop, for WLAN 5200 Applications
 A.A Muller, D Neculoiu, D Vasilache, A  Cismaru, P Pons, R Plana, L Bary, A Muller
 
 Mechanically Tunable RF Filters: from a MEMS Perspective
 W. Yan, R. Mansour
 
 
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |  
| MEMS reconfigurable circuits (II) | WeM3 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Roberto Sorrentino
 CoChair: Fabio Coccetti
 
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| MEMS Switches with Stepped Pull-Down Voltage for Tunable Phase Shifters P. Farinelli, V. Leus, A. Ocera, B. Margesin, D. Elata, R. Sorrentino
 
 RF-MEMS based 2-bit Reflective Phase Shifter at X-Band for Reconfigurable Reflect-array Antennas
 C. Siegel, V. Ziegler, B. Schönlinner, U. Prechtel, H. Schumacher
 
 Double Stub and Triple Stub RF MEMS Impedance Tuners
 M Unlu, H.I. Atasoy, S. Demir, O.A. Civi, S. Koc, T. Akin
 
 
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| 13:00 - 14:20 Lunch
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| 14:20 - 15:00 |  
| RF MEMS modeling, simulation and reliability | WeA1 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä
 
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| Charging Processes in RF-MEMS Capacitive Switches with SiO2 Dielectric G Papaioannou, F Giacomozzi, E Papandreou, B Margesin
 
 Dielectric Material Charging and ESD stress of AlN-based Capacitive RF MEMS
 J. Ruan, N. Nolhier, M.  Bafleur, L. Bary, N.  Mauran, F. Coccetti, T.  Lisec, R.  Plana
 
 
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |  
| Interactive Poster Session (II) | WeA2 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Ignacio Llamas
 
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| Series and Shunt RF MEMS Switches with Dielectric Membrane for WPAN Ad Hoc Networks A. Boé, M. Fryziel, N. Deparis, C. Loyez, L. Le Garrec, N. Rolland, P.-A Rolland
 
 A Design For 24GHz SPDT Using A Single RF MEMS Switch Based On A Totally Free Flexible Membrane.
 R. Robin, L. Le Garrec, K. Segueni, O. Millet, L. Buchaillot
 
 RF-MEMS Manufacturing Process on GaAs Substrate Fully Compatible with MMICs.
 F. Cherubini, P. Farinelli, A. Ocera, S. Lavanga, L. Venturelli, C. Lanzieri, A. Cetronio, R. Sorrentino
 
 Novel Compact MEMS-Tunable Directional Coupler for Dual Band Wireless Applications
 A. Ocera, P. Farinelli, F. Cherubini, P. Mezzanotte, R. Sorrentino, B. Margesin, F. Giacomozzi
 
 Design and Fabrication of RF MEMS Shunt Switches with High Isolation
 X.L. Evans, N. Mitchell, P.V. Rainey, H.S. Gamble, N.B. Buchanan, V.F. Fusco
 
 Novel Microstrip Distributed RF MEMS Phase Shifters for Phased Array Applications
 V Janardhana, S Pamidighantam, RG Kulkarni, JS Roy
 
 Microwave Narrowband Filters using Single and Stacked Coaxial Lines
 A Jaimes-Vera , I Llamas-Garro , A Corona-Chavez , I Zaldivar-Huerta
 
 Distibuted Parametric Simulation of Complex Electromagnetic Structures in Grid Computing Environment
 F. Khalil, H. Aubert, F. Coccetti, R.  Plana, T. Vähä-Heikkilä, T.  Lisec
 
 Reduction of sticking effect in micro-switch by restoring force enhancement
 H ACHKAR, D PEYROU, F PENNEC, P PONS, R PLANA, M SARTOR
 
 AFM Analysis of Dielectric Charging for MEMS Capacitive Switches Reliability
 M. Lamhamdi, A. Belarni, P. Pons, L. Boudou, J. Guastavino, Y. Segui, M. Dilhan, R. Plana
 
 Electrothermally-actuated RF-MEMS devices manufactured on a low-resistivity substrate
 D. Girbau, Ll. Pradell, M.A. Llamas, A. Lázaro, A. Nebot
 
 Effect of Contact Force between Rough Surfaces on Real Contact Area and Electrical Contact Resistance
 D. Peyrou, F. Pennec, H. Achkar, P. Pons, R. Plana
 
 
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| 15:40 - 16:00 Coffee-break
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| 16:00 - 18:10 |  
| RF MEMS Prospective | WeA3 Room: Auditorium
 Chair: Jérémie  Bouchaud
 
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| RF MEMS Roadmap J. Bouchaud, B. Knoblich, H. Tilmans, F. Coccetti, A. El-Fatatry
 
 
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| 16:20 - 18:10 Panel Session:
 "RFMEMS:enabled future applications"
 Moderator: J.Bouchaud (WTC)
 Participants: G. Fischer(Alcatel-Lucent),
 V. Ziegler (EADS),H. J. de los Santos (NanoMEMS),
 F. Casset (STm), J. Muntanyà (Baolab)
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| 18:10 - 18:30 Closing
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