Title :
Hardwired Design of Ultra-Wideband Reconfigurable MEMS Antenna
Author :
Kim, Hyungrak ; Chung, David ; Anagnostou, Dimitrios E. ; Papapolymerou, John
Author_Institution :
Georgia Tech., Atlanta
Abstract :
In this paper, a design of an ultra-wideband reconfigurable RF-MEMS antenna with multi-functional transition is shown. By the analysis of equivalent circuit model, it is validated that the multi-functional transition in the proposed antenna operates as both a wideband transition of a tapered slot antenna (TSA) and a wideband slot antenna. Therefore, the proposed antenna can provide ultra-wideband reconfigurable characteristics with both broadside and endfire directions.
Keywords :
micromechanical devices; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; broadside direction; endfire direction; equivalent circuit; hardwired design; multifunctional transition; tapered slot antenna; ultra wideband reconfigurable MEMS antenna; wideband slot antenna; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Coplanar waveguides; Micromechanical devices; Microstrip antennas; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Switches; USA Councils; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2007. PIMRC 2007. IEEE 18th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1144-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1144-3
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394007
