• DocumentCode
    3704451
  • Title

    A 3-bit RF-MEMS aperture tunable PIFA antenna

  • Author

    G. Chaabane;M. Chatras;C. Guines;V. Madrangeas;C. Decroze;L. Huitema;P. Blondy

  • Author_Institution
    XLIM UMR 7252 CNRS/Universit? de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 France
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    626
  • Lastpage
    629
  • Abstract
    This paper presents simulation, fabrication and measurement of a small aperture tunable planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA). The proposed PIFA antenna uses RF MEMS switches to modify the electrical length and the behavior of the antenna. Measurements show a tuning range from 1.34 GHz to 0.99 GHz depending on the state of the MEMS switches. Matching better than -9 dB down to -16 dB was obtained over the entire tuning range. The antenna has also been tested versus power handling, through an original ACPR measurement setup, showing excellent linearity up to 20 dBm input power.
  • Keywords
    "Antenna measurements","Fabrication","Microswitches","Substrates","Frequency measurement","Microstrip antennas"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2015 European
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuMC.2015.7345841
  • Filename
    7345841
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3704451