Beam switching reflectarray monolithically integrated with RF MEMS switches

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 2 PART 2, 2012, Pages 854-862

  Bayraktar, Omer ^a   Civi, Ozlem Aydin ^a   Akin, Tayfun ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) switches; Microstrip antennas; Reconfigurable antennas; Reflectarray antennas

Indexed keywords

APERTURE-COUPLED MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA; H-PLANES; MAIN BEAMS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROSTRIPES; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS; REFLECTARRAYS; RF-MEMS SWITCHES; WAFER BONDING PROCESS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 84856977602     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2173099     Document Type: Article

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