A wide tuning range MEMS switched patch antenna

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 152-154

  Blondy, P ^a   Bouyge, D ^a   Crunteanu, A ^a   Pothier, A ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

MEMS; Patch antenna; Tunable antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; METALLIZING; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; SWITCHES;

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; PATCH ANTENNA; TUNABLE ANTENNA;

MEMS;

EID: 34249102425     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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