Challenges and opportunities for RF-MEMS in aeronautics and space - The EADS perspective

Author

Ziegler, V. ; Gautier, W. ; Stehle, A. ; Schoenlinner, B. ; Prechtel, V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Sensors, Electron. & Syst. Integration, EADS Innovation Works, Munich, Germany

fYear

2010

Firstpage

200

Lastpage

203

Abstract

This paper presents an overview on the opportunities and challenges for RF-MEMS based microwave circuits in the aeronautic and space domain. The most promising applications, like passive phased array antennas, active phased array antennas and reconfigurable systems are discussed and their different requirements in terms of performance and reliability are highlighted. Several RF-MEMS demonstrators already built and achievements made by EADS InnovationWorks are presented.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; aerospace engineering; antenna phased arrays; micromechanical devices; radiofrequency integrated circuits; reliability; EADS perspective; RF-MEMS; active phased array antennas; aeronautics; microwave circuits; passive phased array antennas; reconfigurable systems; reliability; space applications; Broadband amplifiers; CMOS technology; Character generation; Noise cancellation; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Topology; microelectromechanical system; phase shifter; phased array antennas; switch matrix; tunable filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), 2010 Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5456-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2010.5422985

Filename

5422985