An analog RF MEMS slotline true-time-delay phase shifter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2151-2159

  Van Caekenberghe, Koen ^a,b,c   Vähä Heikkilä, Tauno ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c THALES   (France)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electronically scanned array; Phase shifter; RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Slotline; True time delay (TTD)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; TIME DELAY;

ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY; PHASE SHIFTER; RF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS); SLOTLINE; TRUE TIME DELAY (TTD);

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 51649091327     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2002236     Document Type: Article

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