Electronically steerable antenna array using PCB-based MEMS phase shifters

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2341-2345

  Sundaram, Ananth ^a   Ramadoss, Ramesh ^a   Feldner, Lucas M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY (ESA); ELECTRONICALLY STEERING; PRINTED CIRCUIT PROCESSING;

COSTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLYIMIDES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33749665638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2005.1569269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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