RF MEMS based millimeter wave phased array for short range communication

Author

Bayraktar, Omer ; Kobal, Enis ; Sevinc, Yusuf ; Cetintepe, Cagri ; Comart, Ilker ; Demirel, Kaan ; Topalli, Ebru Sagiroglu ; Akin, Tayfun ; Demir, Simsek ; Civi, Ozlem Aydin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents millimeter wave phased array antenna for short range communication applications at 35 GHz. The antenna array is formed by 1 × 16 microstrip antipodal tapered slot antennas each connected to RF MEMS phase shifters for beam steering. The simulation and measurement results of the single antenna element are presented and the phase shifter structure to be used in the array is described in the paper. RF MEMS phase shifters are fabricated using an in-house surface micromachining process.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; micromachining; micromechanical devices; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave phase shifters; radiocommunication; slot antenna arrays; RF MEMS based millimeter wave phased array antenna; RF MEMS phase shifter fabrication; RF MEMS phase shifter structure; beam steering; frequency 35 GHz; in-house surface micromachining process; microstrip antipodal tapered slot antenna array; short range communication applications; single antenna element measurement; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Arrays; Micromechanical devices; Phase shifters; Radio frequency; Switches; RF MEMS phase shifter; millimeter wave array; phased array; short range communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228708