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MEMS-Enabled Smart Beam-Steering Antennas

MEMS-Enabled Smart Beam-Steering Antennas

Hadi Mirzajani, Habib Badri Ghavifekr, Esmaeil Najafi Aghdam
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781466648883|ISBN10: 1466648880|EISBN13: 9781466648890
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4888-3.ch010
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Mirzajani, Hadi, et al. "MEMS-Enabled Smart Beam-Steering Antennas." Broadband Wireless Access Networks for 4G: Theory, Application, and Experimentation, edited by Raul Aquino Santos, et al., IGI Global, 2014, pp. 183-203. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4888-3.ch010

APA

Mirzajani, H., Ghavifekr, H. B., & Aghdam, E. N. (2014). MEMS-Enabled Smart Beam-Steering Antennas. In R. Santos, V. Licea, & A. Edwards-Block (Eds.), Broadband Wireless Access Networks for 4G: Theory, Application, and Experimentation (pp. 183-203). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4888-3.ch010

Chicago

Mirzajani, Hadi, Habib Badri Ghavifekr, and Esmaeil Najafi Aghdam. "MEMS-Enabled Smart Beam-Steering Antennas." In Broadband Wireless Access Networks for 4G: Theory, Application, and Experimentation, edited by Raul Aquino Santos, Victor Rangel Licea, and Arthur Edwards-Block, 183-203. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4888-3.ch010

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Abstract

In recent years, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) technology has seen a rapid rate of evolution because of its great potential for advancing new products in a broad range of applications. The RF and microwave devices and components fabricated by this technology offer unsurpassed performance such as near-zero power consumption, high linearity, and cost effectiveness by batch fabrication in respect to their conventional counterparts. This chapter aims to give an in-depth overview of the most recently published methods of designing MEMS-based smart antennas. Before embarking into the different techniques of beam steering, the concept of smart antennas is introduced. Then, some fundamental concepts of MEMS technology such as micromachining technologies (bulk and surface micromachining) are briefly discussed. After that, a number of RF MEMS devices such as switches and phase shifters that have applications in beam steering antennas are introduced and their operating principals are completely explained. Finally, various configurations of MEMS-enabled beam steering antennas are discussed in detail.

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