Title :
MEMS-Based Reconfigurable Antenna for Ka Band Applications
Author :
Poussot, B. ; Kannappan, K. ; Lissorgues, Gaelle ; Laheurte, Jean-Marc ; Picon, O.
Author_Institution :
Univ. de Marne-La-Vallee, Marne-La-Vallee
Abstract :
The parasitic antenna concept is used in the design of a reconfigurable radiating cell for multibeam antenna arrays. Each parasitic is loaded by a switched stub including MEMS which states/positions allow a beam scanning.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; micromechanical devices; microwave antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; multibeam antennas; Ka band applications; MEMS; beam scanning; microelectromechanical systems; multibeam antenna arrays; parasitic antenna concept; reconfigurable radiating cell design; MEMS switches; Reconfigurable antenna; antenna on silicon; pattern diversity;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-842-6
