Integration of microwave MEMS reconfigurable reflective surfaces in rectangular waveguide stubs

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1825-1828

  Sterner, Mikael ^a   Chicherin, Dmitry ^b   Åberg, Jan ^c   Sauleau, Ronan ^d   Räisänen, Antti ^b   Stemme, Goran ^a   Oberhammer, Joachim ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c CompNordic AB ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; DC BIASING; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; FEED THROUGH; FEM SIMULATIONS; IN-PLANE; INTERFACE PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MEMS CHIPS; NOVEL METHODS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; REFLECTIVE SURFACES;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROWAVES; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79955730964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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