Reconfigurable low power, light weight wireless system based on the RF MEM switches

Author

Izadpanah, H. ; Warneke, B. ; Loo, R. ; Tangonan, G.

Author_Institution

HRL Labs., Malibu, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

21-24 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

180

Abstract

We present novel wireless transceiver architecture based on microelectromechanical (MEM) microwave switches. The measurements and calculated results of a reconfigurable module with a switched antenna, tunable filter, and shared components for a low weight, low power compact wireless transceiver are discussed.

Keywords

cellular radio; dipole antennas; micromechanical devices; microwave antennas; microwave switches; multifrequency antennas; personal communication networks; transceivers; RF MEM switches; aperture-coupled dipole antenna; cellular networks; distributed sensor networks; dual frequency antenna; light weight wireless system; measurements; microelectromechanical microwave switches; personal portable communication systems; reconfigurable low power system; reconfigurable module; shared components; switched antenna; tunable filter; wireless transceiver architecture; Communication switching; Costs; Microswitches; Radio frequency; Residual stresses; Switches; Thermal expansion; Thermal stresses; Transceivers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Wireless Applications, 1999. Digest. 1999 IEEE MTT-S Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5152-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTTTWA.1999.755158

Filename

755158