A Programmable Lens-Array Antenna With Monolithically Integrated MEMS Switches

By Chih-Chieh Cheng, B. Lakshminarayanan, Abbas Abbaspour-Tamijani. IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 2009

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Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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1-Bit Reconfigurable Unit Cell Based on PIN Diodes for Transmit-Array Applications in $X$ -Band (2012, methodology): “However, such cells require many active devices to control the phase states, which results in several limitations [18]–[20]: higher insertion loss, variation of the insertion loss as a function of the phase state, complexity of the design procedure, and integration issues inside a unit cell whose si”
Wideband 400-Element Electronically Reconfigurable Transmitarray in X Band (2013, methodology): “for reflectarrays [23]–[27] and transmitarrays [14], [16]–[19],”
Using Reconfigurable Transmitarray to Achieve Beam-Steering and Polarization Manipulation Applications (2015, methodology): “Some tunable devices or materials, such as PIN diodes [12], varactor diodes [13]–[16], ferroelectric film [17], MEMS switches [21], and liquid crystal [22], [23], were employed in the design of FSS structure to achieve the dynamic control of transmission phase.”
A Wideband Reconfigurable Transmitarray Element (2012, background): “Reconfigurable designs have been proposed [8], [9], but the amount of existing work on reconfigurable transmitarrays is nonetheless limited.”
Circularly-Polarized Reconfigurable Transmitarray in Ka-Band With Beam Scanning and Polarization Switching Capabilities (2017, methodology): “in the past: MEMS switches [3], microfluidics [4], varactor diodes [5]–[9], and p-i-n diodes [11]–[15].”
A Beam Steering Horn Antenna Using Active Frequency Selective Surface (2013, unknown): “roelectric [33]–[35] and microelectromechanical switches [36], [37].”
Wideband Low-Loss Linear and Circular Polarization Transmit-Arrays in V-Band (2011, methodology): “Electronic beam-steering has been investigated as well, but with limited success due to the integration complexity of phase-shifters and switches inside the array unit-cell [33], [ 34 ].”
Beam Switching Reflectarray Monolithically Integrated With RF MEMS Switches (2012, background): “Recent reconfigurable reflectarrays [15], [16], [18]–[26], and lens arrays [27] prefer RF MEMS components (such as switches, varactors, and phase shifters), since electrostatically actuated RF MEMS components provide almost zero DC power consumption, low insertion loss, high isolation, and linear ch”
Reconfigurable Reflectarrays and Array Lenses for Dynamic Antenna Beam Control: A Review (2013, background): “the delay through a bandpass structure [99].”