• DocumentCode
    522143
  • Title

    Beam-steering MEMS-loaded antenna based on planar transmission lines

  • Author

    Zvolensky, Tomas ; Chicherin, Dmitry ; Räisänen, Antti V. ; Simovski, Constantin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng., Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-16 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper, design, analytical analysis and numerical analysis of beam-steering possibilities of the planar transmission line loaded with microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) capacitors and stub inductors is presented. First, the design and analysis of a single unit cell comprising antenna structure is carried out. By stacking certain number of these unit cells leaky-wave structure is obtained, which is then analyzed. As a result, effective beam-steering structure (controlled by MEMS capacitance variation) is obtained.
  • Keywords
    Capacitance; Capacitors; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Inductors; Micromechanical devices; Microstrip; Optical waveguides; Planar transmission lines; Transmission line antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6431-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-84-7653-472-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5505310