Title :
Thermal Driven Metastructural Reconfigurable Millimeter Wave Antenna
Author :
Sakiyama, K. ; Kanno, I. ; Suzuki, T. ; Murayama, T. ; Hiramaru, D. ; Kotera, H.
Author_Institution :
Kyoto Univ., Kyoto
Abstract :
This paper shows a novel reconfigurable antenna applied by MEMS technique. We design and demonstrate a novel thermal driven meta-structural reconfigurable millimeter wave antenna. As far as we know, there is no reconfigurable antenna for millimeter wave by micro heater.
Keywords :
micromechanical devices; millimetre wave antennas; MEMS technique; millimeter wave antenna; thermal driven metastructural reconfigurable antenna; Bonding; Coaxial components; Dielectric substrates; Fabrication; Gold; Permittivity measurement; Probes; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Strips; Switches; MEMS; leaky-wave antenna; micro heater;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, 2007. TRANSDUCERS 2007. International
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0842-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0842-3
DOI :
10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300218
