Minimization of MEMS breakdowns effects on the radiation of a MEMS based reconfigurable reflectarray

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2281-2287

  Salti, Hassan ^a   Fourn, Erwan ^a   Gillard, Raphal ^a   Legay, Hervé ^b  

^a IETR   (France)

^b THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Breakdowns; MEMS; reconfigurable reflectarray; robustness

Indexed keywords

CELL TOPOLOGY; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; PHASE ERROR; RADIATION PATTERNS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE REFLECTARRAY; REFLECTARRAYS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY;

ERRORS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 77954561284     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2048861     Document Type: Article

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