A 2-bit Ka-band RF MEMS frequency tunable slot antenna

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 179-182

  Van Caekenberghe, Koen ^a,b   Sarabandi, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b THALES   (France)

Author keywords

RF MEMS switches; Slot antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DRIVE VOLTAGE; FREQUENCY-TUNABLE; KA BAND; ON-WAFER; PROBE STATIONS; RETURN LOSS; RF-MEMS; RF-MEMS SWITCHES; SWITCHING TIME; TUNABLE BANDWIDTH;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FUSED SILICA; SILICA;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 77954550127     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.921390     Document Type: Article

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