Light Weight MIMO Phased Arrays with Beam Steering Capabilities using RF MEMS

D. J. Chung; Dimitrios Anagnostou; G. Ponchak; Manos M. Tentzeris; John Papapolymerou

doi:10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394824

Light Weight MIMO Phased Arrays with Beam Steering Capabilities using RF MEMS

D. J. Chung, Dimitrios Anagnostou, G. Ponchak, Manos M. Tentzeris, John Papapolymerou

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Abstract

A conceptual design of a MIMO Phased antenna array on Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) is introduced. Because of the properties of the substrate, the overall design is comparably light weight and semi-flexible to previous MIMO designs. Each input output unit array is capable of steering the beam ±6° in a 1-D space. This beam steer is enabled with the use of a 2-bit reconfigurable phase shifter using RF MEMS. The building blocks of a single input and output has been simulated to prove the concept. In addition, the array can be expanded to beam steer in a 2-D space for each individual unit. Overall, the entire system will be capable of having the beam steering function in multiple directions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 IEEE 18th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Print)	9781424411436
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394824
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2007
Event	18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2007 - Athens, Greece Duration: 3 Sept 2007 → 7 Sept 2007

Conference

Conference	18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2007
Abbreviated title	PIMRC'07
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	3/09/07 → 7/09/07

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Chung, DJ, Anagnostou, D, Ponchak, G, Tentzeris, MM & Papapolymerou, J 2007, Light Weight MIMO Phased Arrays with Beam Steering Capabilities using RF MEMS. in 2007 IEEE 18th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications., 4394824, IEEE, 18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2007, Athens, Greece, 3/09/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394824

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