Reconfigurable lens-array with monolithically integrated MEMS switches

Proceedings of the 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 112-115

  Cheng, Chih Chieh ^a   Abbaspour Tamijani, Abbas ^a   Lakshminarayanan, Balaji ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LENSES; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ;

ADHESIVE BONDINGS; BIAS LINES; E-PLANE PATTERNS; FULLY INTEGRATED; H PLANES; K A BANDS; MONOLITHIC MEMS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; PATTERN MEASUREMENTS; PHASE ERRORS; QUARTZ WAFERS; RE-CONFIGURABLE;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 62349102730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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