Silicon-based reconfigurable antennas - Concepts, analysis, implementation, and feasibility

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1650-1660

  Fathy, Aly E ^a   Rosen, Arye ^a   Owen, Henry S ^a   McGinty, Francis ^a   McGee, David J ^a   Taylor, Gordon C ^a   Amantea, Robert ^a   Swain, P K ^a   Perlow, Stewart M ^a   ElSherbiny, Moniem ^b  

^a SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Future Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Holographic antennas; Plasma antennas; Reconfigurable antennas; Silicon; SPIN devices

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); HOLOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

HOLOGRAPHIC ANTENNAS; PLASMA ANTENNAS; SILICON-BASED RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038005418     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.812559     Document Type: Article

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