MEMS-4-MMIC: Design of antenna array front end at 24 GHz

Author

Campo, Marta Arias ; Litschke, Oliver ; Vaha-Heikkila, Tauno ; Markku, Lahti ; Baggen, Rens

Author_Institution

IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

11-15 April 2011

Firstpage

1907

Lastpage

1911

Abstract

Radio Frequency (RF) Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) have experienced in last years great progress, which has consequently lead to an enormous development in their circuit applications. The advantages that they present (low insertion loss, large bandwidth and good linearity over frequency) turn them into a good substitution of semiconductor switches. Because of their low insertion loss, they are ideal suited for integration in phase shifters, matching networks and filters. Their use would result from many points of view into a great improvement in performance of reconfigurable systems and multi antenna systems.

Keywords

MMIC; microswitches; microwave antenna arrays; phase shifters; radiofrequency integrated circuits; MEMS-4-MMIC; RF; antenna array; circuit application; frequency 24 GHz; matching network; multi antenna system; phase shifter; radio frequency micro electro mechanical system; semiconductor switch; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Microstrip antennas; Prototypes; Scattering parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0250-1

Type

conf

Filename

5781932