Monolithic MEMS-based reflectarray cell digitally reconfigurable over a 360° phase range

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 138-141

  Perruisseau Carrier, Julien ^a,b   Skrivervik, Anja K ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Reconfigurable; Reflectarray

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIGITAL CONTROL; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MONOLITHIC MEMS; PHASE ERROR; RECONFIGURABLE; REFLECTARRAYS; REFLECTION LOSS; REFLECTION PHASE; VOLTAGE TOLERANCES;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 69649087636     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.919327     Document Type: Article

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