Tunable dual-frequency RF MEMS rectangular slot ring antenna

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-380

  Topalli, Kagan ^a   Erdil, Emre ^a   Civi, Ozlem Aydin ^a   Demir, Simsek ^a   Koc, Sencer ^a   Akin, Tayfun ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Micromachined antennas; Reconfigurable antennas; RF MEMS; Slot ring antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA TUNING; CAPACITOR STRUCTURES; DUAL FREQUENCY; FIXED-FIXED BEAMS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROMACHINED ANTENNA; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; RECTANGULAR SLOT ANTENNAS; RECTANGULAR SLOTS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; RF MEMS TECHNOLOGY; RF MEMS VARIABLE CAPACITOR; RF-MEMS; SIMULATION RESULT; SLOT RING ANTENNA; STRUCTURAL LAYERS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 71649106041     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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