DocumentCode
2687807
Title
A MEMS based shorted spiral antenna
Author
Mehta, A. ; Mirshekar-Syahkal, D. ; Nakano, H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester
fYear
2006
fDate
9-14 July 2006
Firstpage
209
Lastpage
212
Abstract
Recently, a single-arm rectangular spiral antenna with a switching network is proposed by the authors for switched beam applications. A spiral configuration using four shorting switches for both single- and multi-point switching is investigated in A. Mehta et a. (2005) where characteristics of sixteen possible switching cases are outlined. In this paper for the first time, both MEMS and hard wired switching is experimentally incorporated and under these conditions, the performance of the antenna is compared
Keywords
microswitches; spiral antennas; MEMS; hard wired switching; shorted spiral antenna; single-arm rectangular spiral antenna; switched beam applications; switching network; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Contacts; Dielectric substrates; Grounding; Micromechanical devices; Phased arrays; Pins; Spirals; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0123-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2006.1710491
Filename
1710491
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