• DocumentCode
    453476
  • Title

    A reconfigurable RF MEMS based double slug impedance tuner

  • Author

    Shen, Qin ; Barker, N. Scott

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4-6 Oct. 2005
  • Abstract
    A reconfigurable double-slug impedance tuner has been developed based on a distributed RF-MEMS transmission line (DMTL). The fabricated device shows very good tuning operation from 10-30 GHz with a capacitance ratio of 2.5:1 resulting in uniform coverage of the Smith chart with a maximum VSWR of 4:1. The simulated and measured results are presented in the paper.
  • Keywords
    impedance matching; micromechanical devices; transmission lines; tuning; 10 to 30 GHz; DMTL; Smith chart; VSWR; distributed RF-MEMS transmission line; double slug impedance tuner; reconfigurable RF MEMS; Capacitance; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Impedance; Insertion loss; Micromechanical devices; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Switches; Transmission lines; Tuners;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2005 European
  • Print_ISBN
    2-9600551-2-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMC.2005.1608912
  • Filename
    1608912