Scale-changing technique for the electromagnetic modeling of MEMS-controlled planar phase shifters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3594-3601

  Perret, Etienne ^a,b,c   Aubert, Hervé ^a,c,d   Legay, Hervé ^e  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b Ecl Natl Sup d'Electrotechnique d'Electron d'Info d'Hydraulique et des Telecom   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d LAAS CNRS   (France)

^e THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Multiscale structures; Planar phase shifter; Reflectarrays; RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

Indexed keywords

MULTISCALE STRUCTURES; PLANAR PHASE SHIFTERS; REFLECTARRAYS; RF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PHASE SHIFTERS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33748360961     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.879777     Document Type: Article

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