Electronic steerable MEMS antennas

Author

Sorrentino, Roberto ; Gatti, R.V. ; Marcaccioli, Luca ; Mencagli, Benedetta

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Perugia

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Recent advances in the technology of radiofrequency (RF) circuits, such as RF-microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) make it possible to practically implement electronically reconfigurable antenna arrays paving the way to innovative communication systems including applications such as next generation mobile communications, radar applications, remote sensing and imaging. This paper reviews the basic implementations of such antenna systems, namely phased arrays and reflectarrays, as well as the algorithms allowing for beam shaping, beam steering, null placing etc., as well as the typical RF-MEMS circuitry for both amplitude and phase control.

Keywords

beam steering; micromechanical devices; microwave antenna arrays; reflector antennas; amplitude control; beam shaping; beam steering; electronic steerable MEMS antenna; phase control; phased array; radiofrequency circuit; reflectarray; Antenna arrays; Circuits; Micromechanical devices; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radio frequency; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-92-9092-937-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4585079

Filename

4585079