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Essentially three types of RF-MEMS combined with split rings are considered: (i) bridge-type RF-MEMS on top of complementary split ring resonators CSRRs; (ii) cantilever-type RF-MEMS on top of SRRs; and (iii) cantilever-type RF-MEMS integrated with SRRs (or RF-MEMS SRRs). Advantages and limitations of these different configurations from the point of view of their potential applications for reconfigurable stopband filter design are discussed, and several prototype devices are presented.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s141222848","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,2]],"date-time":"2014-12-02T10:57:54Z","timestamp":1417517874000},"page":"22848-22863","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Application of RF-MEMS-Based Split Ring Resonators (SRRs) to the Implementation of Reconfigurable Stopband Filters:  A Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Ferran","family":"Mart\u00edn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electr\u00f2nica, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona,  Bellaterra (Barcelona) 08193, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jordi","family":"Bonache","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electr\u00f2nica, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona,  Bellaterra (Barcelona) 08193, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2075","DOI":"10.1109\/22.798002","article-title":"Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena","volume":"47","author":"Pendry","year":"1999","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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