Reconfigurable scan-beam single-arm spiral antenna integrated with RF-MEMS switches

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 455-463

  won Jung, Chang ^a   Lee, Ming Jer ^a   Li, G P ^a   De Flaviis, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; Micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) antenna; Monolithic integration; PCB substrate; Quartz substrate; Radio frequency micro electro mechanical system (RF MEMS) capacitive series switch; Reconfigurable scan beam; Smart antenna; Spiral antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; POLARIZATION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SUBSTRATES; SWITCHES;

CAPACITIVE SERIES SWITCH; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) ANTENNA; RADIO FREQUENCY-MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM (RF-MEMS); RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA ARRAYS; RECONFIGURABLE SCAN-BEAM; SMART ANTENNA; SPIRAL ANTENNA;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 32444442237     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.863407     Document Type: Article

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