Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna
Abstract—In this work, two adjacent patches and MEMS switches are proposed a reconfigurable antenna that is capable of operating at several frequencies. Optimization of wing patches is done to obtain more than three resonant frequencies of the antenna by selecting the MEMS cantilever bridge mat...
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| author | Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Khan, Sheroz Mohd Sahar, Norsuzlin Zamani, Norasyikin |
| author_facet | Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Khan, Sheroz Mohd Sahar, Norsuzlin Zamani, Norasyikin |
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| description | Abstract—In this work, two adjacent patches and MEMS
switches are proposed a reconfigurable antenna that is
capable of operating at several frequencies. Optimization of
wing patches is done to obtain more than three resonant
frequencies of the antenna by selecting the MEMS cantilever
bridge materials. The study shows that the material of MEMS
switches has influenced the performance of the antenna. SiN
as MEMS bridge material makes the antenna to operate at
16.76 GHz, 23.56 GHz and 27.7 GHz at “OFF” states and at
23.5 GHz at “ON” states of the MEMS switches. A comparative study has done for Alumina, SiN, GaAs and Teflon as MEMS bridge materials. Further re-configurability can be obtained by varying the MEMS switch position. The
design is performed by using 3D electromagnetic simulator
HFSS considering ideal MEMS switches. |
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| spelling | iium-10412020-11-30T01:20:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1041/ Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Khan, Sheroz Mohd Sahar, Norsuzlin Zamani, Norasyikin TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Abstract—In this work, two adjacent patches and MEMS switches are proposed a reconfigurable antenna that is capable of operating at several frequencies. Optimization of wing patches is done to obtain more than three resonant frequencies of the antenna by selecting the MEMS cantilever bridge materials. The study shows that the material of MEMS switches has influenced the performance of the antenna. SiN as MEMS bridge material makes the antenna to operate at 16.76 GHz, 23.56 GHz and 27.7 GHz at “OFF” states and at 23.5 GHz at “ON” states of the MEMS switches. A comparative study has done for Alumina, SiN, GaAs and Teflon as MEMS bridge materials. Further re-configurability can be obtained by varying the MEMS switch position. The design is performed by using 3D electromagnetic simulator HFSS considering ideal MEMS switches. ACECER 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1041/1/Effects_of_MEMS_Material_on_Designing_a_Multi-Band_Reconfigurable_Antenna.pdf Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Khan, Sheroz and Mohd Sahar, Norsuzlin and Zamani, Norasyikin (2009) Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna. Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8 (2). pp. 112-118. ISSN 1682-0053 http://www.ijece.org/Search.aspx |
| spellingShingle | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Khan, Sheroz Mohd Sahar, Norsuzlin Zamani, Norasyikin Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna |
| title | Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna |
| title_full | Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna |
| title_fullStr | Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna |
| title_short | Effects of MEMS material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna |
| title_sort | effects of mems material on designing a multi-band reconfigurable antenna |
| topic | TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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