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2005 International Conference on MEMS,NANO and Smart Systems
Reconfigurable Ground Plane Membranes for Analog/Digital Microstrip Phase Shifters and Frequency Agile Antenna
Banff, Alberta, Canada
July 24-July 27
ISBN: 0-7695-2398-6
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C. Shafai, L. Shafai, R. Al-Dahleh, Dwayne D. Chrusch , Satish K. Sharma, "Reconfigurable Ground Plane Membranes for Analog/Digital Microstrip Phase Shifters and Frequency Agile Antenna," MEMS, NANO, and Smart Systems, International Conference on, pp. 287-290, 2005 International Conference on MEMS,NANO and Smart Systems, 2005.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/ICMENS.2005.102,
author = {C. Shafai and L. Shafai and R. Al-Dahleh and Dwayne D. Chrusch and Satish K. Sharma},
title = {Reconfigurable Ground Plane Membranes for Analog/Digital Microstrip Phase Shifters and Frequency Agile Antenna},
journal ={MEMS, NANO, and Smart Systems, International Conference on},
volume = {0},
year = {2005},
isbn = {0-7695-2398-6},
pages = {287-290},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ICMENS.2005.102},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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C. Shafai, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 5V6
L. Shafai, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 5V6
R. Al-Dahleh, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
Dwayne D. Chrusch, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 5V6
Satish K. Sharma, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 5V6

A new type of RF MEMS device is presented for microstrip transmission line phase shifters and frequency agile patch antenna. Ground plane membranes are implemented to control local substrate effective dielectric constant and so microstrip device capacitance. Continuous control of transmission line phase shift or antenna resonant frequency is demonstrated. In phase shifter implementation, a figure of merit of over 700? phase shift/dB signal power loss has been achieved. In MPA implementation, a MPA was continuously swept from 16.8GHz to 17.82GHz (6% variation). Additionally, while MEM switch devices are limited in power handling capability, the presented device is not so limited.

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C. Shafai, L. Shafai, R. Al-Dahleh, Dwayne D. Chrusch , Satish K. Sharma, "Reconfigurable Ground Plane Membranes for Analog/Digital Microstrip Phase Shifters and Frequency Agile Antenna," icmens, pp.287-290, 2005 International Conference on MEMS,NANO and Smart Systems, 2005
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