MEMS-switched parasitic-antenna array for radiation pattern diversity

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2624-2630

  Petit, Laurent ^a,b   Dussopt, Laurent ^a,b   Laheurte, Jean Marc ^c  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Modeling; Optimization; Parasitic array; Reconfigurable antennas; RF MEMS utilization; Switched radiation pattern

Indexed keywords

PARASITIC ARRAYS; RADIATION PATTERN DIVERSITY; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS; RF MEMS UTILIZATION; SWITCHED RADIATION PATTERN;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33847339022     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.880751     Document Type: Article

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