Tripe band reconfigurable antenna using RF MEMS

Author

Alam, A. H M Zahirul ; Sahar, Norsuzlin Bt Mohd ; Zamani, Norasyikin Bt

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The performance of the RF MEMS reconfigurable antenna depends on MEMS material. Alumina as a MEMS switch material has performed better frequency response compared to other materials as a MEMS switch. The proposed reconfigurable antenna can be operated as a triple-band antenna operation at 17.21, 23.54 and 29.27 GHz with return loss -12.04, -19.37 and -17.34 dB, respectively. The design is performed using 3D electromagnetic simulators considering ideal MEMS switches. There is no shift of resonance frequency that occurred at 23.54 GHz when both MEMS switches are either OFF or ON.

Keywords

alumina; frequency response; microswitches; microwave switches; multifrequency antennas; 3D electromagnetic simulator; RF MEMS switch material; alumina; frequency 17.21 GHz; frequency 23.54 GHz; frequency 29.27 GHz; frequency response; resonance frequency; tripe band reconfigurable antenna; Antenna feeds; Gallium arsenide; Micromechanical devices; Microswitches; Multifrequency antennas; Patch antennas; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Silicon compounds; Surface impedance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-92-9092-937-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4585033

Filename

4585033