RF MEMS actuated reconfigurable reflectarray patch-slot element

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3689-3699

  Rajagopalan, Harish ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a   Imbriale, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patch; Radio frequency micro electromechanical system (RF MEMS); Reflectarray; Slot

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MEMS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SWITCHES;

CONDUCTOR LOSS; GROUND PLANES; HIGH-FREQUENCY STRUCTURE SIMULATORS; INDEPENDENT STATE; LARGE CURRENTS; LOSS VARIATIONS; MEMS SWITCHES; MICROSTRIP PATCHES; PATCH; PHASE RESPONSE; RADIO FREQUENCY MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (RF MEMS); RE-CONFIGURABLE; REFLECTARRAY; REFLECTARRAY ELEMENTS; RF-MEMS SWITCHES; SLOT; SLOT LENGTHS; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; SUBSTRATE REGIONS; TOP SURFACES; VARIABLE LENGTHS; WAVEGUIDE MEASUREMENTS; WIRE BONDINGS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 60149093245     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2007388     Document Type: Article

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