RF MEMS sequentially reconfigurable sierpinski antenna on a flexible organic substrate with novel DC-biasing technique

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1185-1192

  Kingsley, Nickolas ^a,b   Anagnostou, Dimitrios E ^c   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a   Papapolymerou, John ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Auriga Measurement Systems   (United States)

^c South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Multiband; Reconfigurable antenna; RF microelectromechanical systems(RF MEMS); Sierpinski fractal antenna

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; SIERPINSKI FRACTAL ANTENNA;

MEMS;

EID: 34948894465     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2007.902462     Document Type: Article

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