Antenna Design and Architecture for RF-MEMS based Electronically Steerable Phased Antenna Array at 9.5 GHz

Konferenz: GeMIC 2008 - German Microwave Conference
10.03.2008 - 12.03.2008 in Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

Tagungsband: GeMIC 2008

Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Gautier, William; Stehle, Armin; Siegel, Christian; Schönlinner, Bernhard; Ziegler, Volker; Prechtel, Ulrich (EADS Deutschland GmbH, EADS Innovation Works, IW-SI, 81663 Munich, Germany)
Menzel, Wolfgang (University of Ulm, Dept. Mikrowellentechnik, Albert Einstein Allee 41, 89069 Ulm, Germany)

Inhalt:
In this paper, the first development steps of an RFMEMS based electronically steerable antenna at 9.5GHz are presented. The architecture of the complete phased antenna and the way the different elements, feed network, phase shifters, and antenna array are integrated in a stand alone demonstrator are described. The design of the 4x8 patch antenna array is presented and the corresponding simulated and measured radiation characteristics as well as the return loss of the fixed beam antenna are shown. A very good agreement between simulation and measurement validates the antenna design.