DocumentCode :
3640670
Title :
Conformal phased array for a miniature wireless sensor node
Author :
Alexander Vasylchenko;Montserrat Fernández-Bolaños;Steven Brebels;Walter De Raedt;Guy A. E. Vandenbosch
Author_Institution :
RF-CDM group, IMEC, Leuven, 3001 Belgium
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
This paper reports on the design and fabrication of a fully integrated antenna beam steering concept for wireless sensor nodes. The conformal array circumcises four cube faces with a silicon core mounted on each face. Every silicon core represents a 2 by 1 antenna array with an antenna element consisting of a dipole antenna, a balun, and a distributed MEMS phase shifter. All these components are based on a single wafer process and designed to work at 17.2 GHz. First results of individual devices are reported and simulations of the whole concept are originally presented.
Keywords :
"Niobium","Micromechanical devices","Switches","Radio frequency","Antenna measurements","Antenna theory"
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
ICECom, 2010 Conference Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-998-0
Type :
conf
Filename :
5729671
Link To Document :
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