Publications

Germanium Telluride Chalcogenide Switches for RF Applications

Hummel, Gwendolyn H.; Patrizi, G.A.; Young, Andrew I.; Schroeder, Katlin S.; Ruyack, Alexander R.; Schiess, Adrian R.; Finnegan, Patrick S.; Adams, David P.; Nordquist, Christopher N.

This project developed prototype germanium telluride switches, which can be used in RF applications to improve SWAP (size, weight, and power) and signal quality in RF systems. These switches can allow for highly reconfigurable systems, including antennas, communications, optical systems, phased arrays, and synthetic aperture radar, which all have high impact on current National Security goals for improved communication systems and communication technology supremacy. The final result of the project was the demonstration of germanium telluride RF switches, which could act as critical elements necessary for a single chip RF communication system that will demonstrate low SWAP and high reconfigurability