"NANO" - TINY TECHNOLOGIES
		INFO BIO NANO MACRO ENVIRO Tiny Technologies at MIT Active Materials and Structures Laboratory Center for Bits and Atoms Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Microsystems Technology Laboratories Materials Processing Center Microphotonics Center NanoStructures Laboratory Research Laboratory for Electronics			THE NANOGATE: A TUNABLE MEMS LC FILTER Alexander Slocum Department of Mechanical Engineering Jeffrey Lang Department of Electrical Engineering / Computer Science The Nanogate is a MEMS device capable of nanometer-scale control over separation of two millimeter-scale polished surfaces, resulting in aspect ratios greater than 106. Gap control between two large surfaces with nanometer resolution presents many new opportunities. For example, it could improve the design of devices and instruments such as tunable LC filters or microfluidic control valves that could have implications for drug discovery. This research will focus mainly on developing the Nanogate LC for personal multi-band wireless communications devices. The researchers anticipate that they can realize cost savings of up to 20% and better performance. And considering that the annual sales growth in mobile phone handsets is forecast to remain at 15%-20% until 2005, the market is certainly ready..
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