Nanoelectromechanical switches for reconfigurable antennas

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-69

  Cetiner, Bedri A ^a   Biyikli, Necmi ^b   Yildirim, Bahadir S ^c   Damgaci, Yasin ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MEMSComm LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Full wave electromagnetic analysis; Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switch; Multifunctional reconfigurable antenna; Nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) switch

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM SWITCHES; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 73049094505     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.24833     Document Type: Article

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