Integrated MEM antenna system for wireless communications

被引:3
作者
Cetiner, BA [1 ]
Jofre, L [1 ]
Chang, CH [1 ]
Qian, JY [1 ]
Bachman, M [1 ]
Li, GP [1 ]
De Flaviis, F [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
来源
2002 IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST, VOLS 1-3 | 2002年
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D O I
10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1011915
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper presents the results on the fabrication and testing of a compact broadband antenna integrated with RF MEMS switches for wireless communications. The system consists of two individual broadband CPW fed antennas (having 50% bandwidth) sequentially addressed using low-loss RF-MEMS switches. The antennas, as well as, the RF-MEMS switches are fabricated on a glass substrate using surface micromachining batch processing method. The design and fabrication process of the system are outlined. The results showing the circuit and radiation characteristics are discussed in terms of radiation pattern reconfigurability and spatial and angular diversity capabilities.
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页码:1333 / 1336
页数:4
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