MEMS-based reconfigurable antenna for enhanced GNSS localization

Author

Petit, Laurent ; Ayadi, Jaouhar

Author_Institution

Centre Suisse d´´Electron. et de Microtech. (CSEM), Neuchatel

fYear

2008

fDate

25-27 March 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a MEMS-based reconfigurable antenna for enhanced global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) localization. A reconfigurable antenna is designed and controlled in such a way that the quality of the received signal is optimized. The reconfigurable antenna is using stand-alone packaged micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) RF switches in order to implement both polarization and radiation pattern diversity. Impact of such concept ranges from single transmitter-receiver to system exploiting antenna available diversity such as multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna radiation patterns; diversity reception; microswitches; satellite navigation; global navigation satellite system localization; micro-electro-mechanical-system RF switches; multiple input multiple output MIMO systems; radiation pattern diversity; reconfigurable antenna; single transmitter-receiver; Design optimization; Global Positioning System; MIMO; Micromechanical devices; Packaging; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite navigation systems; Signal design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era, 2008. DTIS 2008. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tozeur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1576-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1577-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DTIS.2008.4540265

Filename

4540265