Schaffner et al., 2000 - Google Patents

Microwave components with MEMS switches

Schaffner et al., 2000

View PDF
Document ID
17309883782801155028
Author
Schaffner J
Loo R
Quan C
Allison R
Pierce B
Livingston S
Schmitz A
Hsu T
Sievenpiper D
Dolezal F
Tangonan G
Publication year
Publication venue
2000 30th European Microwave Conference

External Links

Snippet

RF MEMS switches with metal-metal contacts are being developed for microwave applications where broadband, high linearity performance is required. These switches provide less than 0.2 dB insertion loss through 40 GHz. This paper describes the integration …
Continue reading at amsacta.unibo.it (PDF) (other versions)

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
    • H01Q1/364—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith using a particular conducting material, e.g. supraconductor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
    • H01P1/00—Auxiliary devices
    • H01P1/20—Frequency-selective devices, e.g. filters
    • H01P1/201—Filters for transverse electromagnetic waves
    • H01P1/203—Strip line filters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
    • H01P1/00—Auxiliary devices
    • H01P1/10—Auxiliary devices for switching or interrupting
    • H01P1/12—Auxiliary devices for switching or interrupting by mechanical chopper
    • H01P1/127—Strip line switches
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short aerials having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant aerials
    • H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
    • H01P1/00—Auxiliary devices
    • H01P1/18—Phase-shifters
    • H01P1/184—Strip line phase-shifters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
    • H01Q1/38—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an aerial or aerial system
    • H01Q3/26—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an aerial or aerial system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
    • H01Q3/30—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an aerial or aerial system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01P—WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE
    • H01P5/00—Coupling devices of the waveguide type
    • H01P5/12—Coupling devices having more than two ports
    • H01P5/16—Conjugate devices, i.e. devices having at least one port decoupled from one other port
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/22—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
    • H01Q1/24—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
    • H01Q1/241—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—AERIALS
    • H01Q15/00—Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction, or polarisation of waves radiated from an aerial, e.g. quasi-optical devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—AERIALS
    • H01Q13/00—Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot aerials; Leaky-waveguide aerials; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H59/00—Electrostatic relays; Electro-adhesion relays
    • H01H59/0009—Electrostatic relays; Electro-adhesion relays making use of micromechanics
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
Weedon et al. MEMS-switched reconfigurable antennas
Chakraborty et al. Paradigm phase shift: RF MEMS phase shifters: An overview
CA2374131C (en) Multi-bit phase shifters using mem rf switches
Schaffner et al. Reconfigurable aperture antennas using RF MEMS switches for multi-octave tunability and beam steering
Muldavin et al. Inline capacitive and DC-contact MEMS shunt switches
KR20010089308A (en) Voltage tunable varactors and tunable devices including such varactors
SV et al. A reconfigurable dual‐frequency slot‐loaded microstrip antenna controlled by pin diodes
Shen et al. Broadband low actuation voltage RF MEM switches
Ibrahim et al. Design of reconfigurable antenna using RF MEMS switch for cognitive radio applications
Alkaraki et al. Phased Array Antenna System Enabled By Liquid Metal Phase Shifters
EP1447875A1 (en) Multi-bit phase shifter and manufacturing method thereof
Ali et al. Design of reconfigurable multiple elements microstrip rectangular linear array antenna
Schaffner et al. Microwave components with MEMS switches
Scardelletti et al. Ka-band, MEMS switched line phase shifters implemented in finite ground coplanar waveguide
Wu Substrate integrated waveguide antenna applications
Saravanan et al. Circular ring shaped polarization reconfigurable antenna for wireless communications
Lee et al. An absorptive single-pole four-throw switch using multiple-contact MEMS switches and its application to a monolithic millimeter-wave beam-forming network
Scardelletti et al. MEMS, Ka-band single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch for switched line phase shifters
Bouyge et al. Reconfigurable 4 pole bandstop filter based on RF-MEMS-loaded split ring resonators
Izadpanah et al. Reconfigurable low power, light weight wireless system based on the RF MEM switches
Zhang et al. A Ka-Band Circularly-Polarized Filtering Antenna Array with A Hybrid Feeding Network
Manimegalai et al. A novel MEMS based fractal antenna for multiband wireless applications
Christodoulou et al. Reconfigurable multifunctional antennas
Belova-Plonienė et al. Applications and design methods of meander-type structures: a review
Romdhani et al. A printed reconfigurable antenna for communication system