• DocumentCode
    1163867
  • Title

    MEMS-Switched, Frequency-Tunable Hybrid Slot/PIFA Antenna

  • Author

    Liu, Zidong ; Boyle, Kevin ; Krogerus, Joonas ; de Jongh, M. ; Reimann, Klaus ; Kaunisto, Risto ; Ollikainen, Jani

  • Author_Institution
    NXP Semicond., Redhill
  • Volume
    8
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    311
  • Lastpage
    314
  • Abstract
    A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-switched, frequency-tunable hybrid slot/planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) is demonstrated. The antenna occupies a small printed circuit board (PCB) space and is capable of operating between 2 and 5 GHz with three digital tuning steps. The measured mismatch-corrected efficiency is better than 60% between 2 and 5 GHz. The specific absorption rate (SAR) for an input power of 100 mW is less than 0.45 W/kg averaged over 1 g of tissue and 0.31 over 10 g of tissue assuming a system duty cycle of 0.5.
  • Keywords
    microswitches; planar inverted-F antennas; printed circuits; slot antennas; MEMS-switched antenna; PCB; PIFA antenna; digital tuning; frequency 2 GHz to 5 GHz; frequency-tunable hybrid slot antenna; microelectromechanical systems; planar inverted-F antenna; power 100 mW; printed circuit board; specific absorption rate; Antenna; cognitive radio; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); slot;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1225
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAWP.2009.2015346
  • Filename
    4785154