A programmable lens-array antenna with monolithically integrated MEMS switches

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1874-1884

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

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna filter antenna (AFA); Electronically scanned arrays (ESAs); Lens array; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switch; Millimeter wave antennas; RF MEMS antennas

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE BONDING; ARRAY ANTENNAS; BIAS LINE; BONDED STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAYS (ESAS); FULLY INTEGRATED; H-PLANES; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MEASURED DATA; MEASURED RESULTS; MEMS SWITCHES; METAL STRUCTURES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) SWITCH; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS SWITCHES; MILLIMETER-WAVE ANTENNAS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; PLANAR ARRAYS; PROGRAMMABLE LENS; QUARTZ WAFERS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RF MEMS ANTENNAS; RF STRUCTURE; SIDELOBE LEVELS; STEERABLE ANTENNAS; UNIT CELLS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FABRICATION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LENSES; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVE FILTERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; STRUCTURAL METALS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 69249221238     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2025422     Document Type: Article

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