Switched beam antenna based on RF MEMS SPDT switch on quartz substrate

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 383-386

  Cheng, Shi ^a   Rantakari, Pekka ^b   Malmqvist, Robert ^c   Samuelsson, Carl ^c   Vähä Heikkilä, Tauno ^b   Rydberg, Anders ^a   Varis, Jussi ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Front to back ratio; Half power beamwidth (HPBW); Quasi Yagi antenna; Radio frequency microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS); Single pole double throw (SPDT) switch

Indexed keywords

FRONT TO BACK RATIO; HALF POWER BEAMWIDTH; QUASI-YAGI ANTENNA; RADIO FREQUENCY MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (RF MEMS); SINGLE-POLE DOUBLE-THROW SWITCHES;

ANTENNAS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLES; QUARTZ; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; ROUTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TIN;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 76749113445     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2018712     Document Type: Article

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