Monolithic integrated re-configurable antenna with RF-MEMS switches fabricated on printed circuit board

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2335-2340

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

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RE-CONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS; RF-MEMS SWITCHES; SPIRAL ANTENNA;

BANDWIDTH; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33749655942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2005.1569268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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