A 60-GHz 2-bit switched-line phase shifter using SP4T RF-MEMS switches

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 4 PART 1, 2011, Pages 894-900

  Gong, Songbin ^a   Shen, Hui ^b   Barker, N Scott ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Steptoe & Johnson LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Broadband; cantilever; contact resistance; dc contact; low loss; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); phase arrays; phase shifters; series switch

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ; BROADBAND; CANTILEVER; DC-CONTACT; LOW LOSS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE ARRAYS; SERIES SWITCH;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NANOCANTILEVERS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 79954578052     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2112374     Document Type: Article

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