Low-loss ku-band artificial transmission line with mems tuning capability

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 377-379

  Perruisseau Carrier, Julien ^a   Topalli, Kagan ^b   Akin, Tayfun ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artificial transmission line; composite right left handed (CRLH); metamaterial; microelectromechanical system (MEMS); Reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TRANSMISSION LINE; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT HANDED TRANSMISSION LINES; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED (CRLH); DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFTS; KU-BAND; LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS; LOW LOSS; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); RECONFIGURABLE; SERIES FEED NETWORK; STATE-OF-THE-ART PERFORMANCE; TUNING CAPABILITY; UNIT CELLS; ZERO-DRIVE;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC LINES; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; METAMATERIALS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 67650443976     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2020022     Document Type: Article

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