DocumentCode
2990902
Title
MEMS Switch Material Dependency on Designing a Reconfigurable Antenna
Author
Alam, A. H M Zahirul ; Islam, Md Rafiqul ; Khan, Sheroz ; Azlani, B.M. ; Razak, Manis Mulyany Bt Abdul
Author_Institution
Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
fYear
2006
fDate
Oct. 29 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Firstpage
334
Lastpage
338
Abstract
We report on reconfigurable antenna performance using RF MEMS switches dependency on material used for MEMS structure. Teflon as a MEMS structural material gives triple-band antenna operation at 17.21, 23.54 and 29.27 GHz with return loss -12.04, -19.37 and -17.34 dB, respectively. The design is performed using 3D electromagnetic simulators considering ideal MEMS switches. There is no shift of resonance frequency that occurred at 23.54 GHz when both the MEMS switches are either ON or OFF.
Keywords
microswitches; multifrequency antennas; 3D electromagnetic simulators; MEMS structural material; MEMS structure; RF MEMS switches; Teflon; reconfigurable antenna; triple-band antenna; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Micromechanical devices; Microswitches; Multifrequency antennas; Patch antennas; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Receiving antennas; Switches; Transmitting antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Electronics, 2006. ICSE '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9730-4
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-9731-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SMELEC.2006.381076
Filename
4266626
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